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encompassing

encompassing

1 4.7
Surrounding something on all sides
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈkʌmpəsɪŋ/
: circundante
  • The garden features an encompassing hedge that creates a cozy space for relaxation.

You know, an unbounded sphere, right, encompassing everything.

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Examples

  • You know, an unbounded sphere, right, encompassing everything.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • So these are encompassing a chromosome region.

  • Spirit is in a certain respect greater than an encompassing being, right?

  • The mural was an encompassing representation of the community's history and culture.

  • The conference addressed encompassing themes like sustainability and social justice.

Synonyms

surrounding
vsencompassing
231 2.8

Something that is on all sides of a place or person

emphasizes forming a close boundary rather than mere nearby location
ambient
vsencompassing
37 6.1

Around a place, often describing the temperature or noise there

refers to a tight physical boundary rather than general surrounding area
wraparound
vsencompassing
5 4.8

Going all the way around something to cover every side

describes a nearby boundary rather than an extending covering action
enveloping
vsencompassing
3 4.3

Surrounding something on all sides and covering it completely

means close surrounding but less forceful or enclosing
encircling
vsencompassing
2 4.0

Surrounding something on all sides like a ring

describes close surrounding without focusing on circular shape
circumambient
vsencompassing
1 9.9

Surrounding a place or object on all sides

focuses on a close encircling boundary rather than broad coverage
circumferent
vsencompassing
9.9

Surrounding something on all sides, like walls around a town

is the general nontechnical expression for that same close boundary

How Enclosing

enveloping
3 4.3
encompassing
1 4.7
encircling
2 4.0
surrounding
231 2.8

Surface Forms

encompassing positive

Morphology

encompassing = encompass (transparent) = en + compass + ing

Formed by adding '-ing' to 'encompass' and retains the literal sense of surrounding or encircling.

Etymology

The word encompassing comes from en- 'in' and compass 'to go around', like the drawing tool compass that makes a circle. That's why it often means to 'surround' or 'encircle' something.