to encompass
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5.1
- verb
- /ɪnˈkʌmpəs/
:
abarcar
- The park encompasses several playgrounds, sports fields, and a lake for everyone to enjoy.
- encompasses a wide range
- encompasses a wide variety
- encompasses an area
It's the secondary substance that encompasses individual things of that kind.
- It's the secondary substance that encompasses individual things of that kind.
- And that phrase encompasses a whole lot of information.
- Like, do they encompass what this character is?
- That's a little bit of truth, but truth encompasses so much more.
- But social media is, is encompassed by digital.
- But is there a different word that you would apply to encompass his presidency?
- And the the poetic explanations seem to encompass more of the possibility of the truth often.
- That video aimed to kind of encompass that entire feeling, that entire narrative.
- And then I find the actual anecdote, the story, the tale that encompasses what I'm trying to convey.
- On the other hand, you know, our finite minds have a pretty hard time encompassing that.
- And so these, these actually encompass an awful lot.
Examples
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Their teacher training must encompass a wider range of areas beyond the normal curriculum issues.
Academic text (1999) -
A study of world literature should, in fact, encompass the world, not merely a Western perspective.
Academic text (1990) -
All of these things encompass a real wealth plan.
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Because it has to encompass all children, all races.
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But I wanted this library program to not just encompass four physical walls and a virtual space.
Academic text (2011) -
But essentially these diseases encompass all of the subspecialties that we deal with.
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The village fields extended to the river to encompass an area much larger than present-day Sneinton.
Academic text (1990) -
In contemporary management practice, the term empowerment came to encompass both nonprofit and for-profit management approaches.
Academic text (2011) -
Saskatchewan has created Grasslands National Park, eventually to encompass 350 square miles but already open to visitors.
Academic text (1999) -
The right to employment with adequate compensation encompasses the need for dignified work with minimal income.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
∞
1.9
To be enough to pay for something you need
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4.4
To include parts or members
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3.8
To include different things as part of a whole
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3.9
To include something as part of a larger whole
Include something within a larger group or system
Antonyms
How Inclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Encompass comes from the parts en- ('in') and compass ('circle' or 'to go around'), so imagine putting things 'in a circle' around something. That's why encompass means to surround or include many things.