all-encompassing
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6.0
- adjective
- /ɔl ɪnˈkʌmpəsɪŋ/
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integral
- Her disappearance, a sudden terrifying and all-encompassing scarcity, enveloped the world in eerie silence.
- all-encompassing nature
- all-encompassing state
- all-encompassing power
The other extreme is a deep all-encompassing cynicism towards institutions.
- The other extreme is a deep all-encompassing cynicism towards institutions.
- And I feel this absolutely all-encompassing panic.
- Just because Newton's laws aren't all-encompassing doesn't mean the laws are like wrong.
- Evil is much more vivid, gratuitous, cruel, all-encompassing.
- Being a nature boy is, is all-encompassing.
- So in other words, to understand, to see that it from a more kind of all-encompassing point of view, we have to step out of the mind.
- I, I found the pressure of being live every day all-encompassing at times and the anxiety of that was tough.
- Now remember that enabling is why this whole problem with narcissistic folks has gotten to be so big and so all-encompassing.
- But when it comes to these all-encompassing world view questions, the experimental data, as crucial as it is, leaves open many options.
- So I, I, I would say that like artists would be a, a good all-encompassing thing, but I would never say that about myself.
- So that's what happened in Australia, but they've had, they passed a huge kind of all-encompassing, they don't have a Second Amendment.
Examples
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So we start off, I mean, this episode is pretty all-encompassing, though it is far from exhaustive, obviously.
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So the library becomes more all-encompassing as a tool that supports learning.
Academic text (2013) -
Because to me, the show is so all-encompassing of you and everything that you do.
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And I feel this absolutely all-encompassing panic.
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The memory of that small, rude village and its warmth and all-encompassing love had sustained her through dark days.
Fiction book (1993) -
All stakeholders cry out for an all-encompassing strategy that provides guidance, direction, and legitimizes efforts.
Academic text (2001) -
The widespread success of Eurasianism is thanks in part to its all-encompassing, hybrid character.
Academic text (1999) -
A great temptation is to step above the historical religions and lay hold of a grand, all-encompassing oneness.
Academic text (1992) -
Romantic thralldom is an all-encompassing, totally defining love between unequals.
Academic text (2012) -
The new policy offers an all-encompassing framework that addresses all aspects of environmental protection.
Synonyms
616
3.1
Including all parts to give a general view
439
4.2
True in all places and for all people
330
4.1
Large in amount, range, or area
298
4.6
Covering almost everything to give a complete and detailed view
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4.1
Including all the things or people mentioned, even the limits
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6.6
Including every part and detail
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4.1
Covering many different subjects or areas
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5.9
Including all parts of something
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4.4
Affecting everyone or everything in a group in the same way
7
3.5
Including all services and costs for one price
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7.2
Having very wide and complete knowledge of many subjects
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4.6
Including everything or everyone without leaving anything out
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9.6
Showing everything in one complete view
Including many different people, ideas, or things
Applying to everyone in a group without exception
Antonyms
How Comprehensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
all-encompassing = all + encompassing (transparent) = all + encompass + ing
The compound joins 'all' with the participial adjective 'encompassing' (encompass + -ing) and directly conveys 'covering everything', so the structure and meaning are clear.
Etymology
All-encompassing combines all ('everything') and encompass ('to surround or include'). Think of a circle that covers everything; that image explains why all-encompassing means covering or including everything or everyone.