- encompassing
- encompassing encompassing adj.
closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.
Syn: ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
encompassing
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Encompassing — Encompass En*com pass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encompassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encompassing}.] To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
encompassing — adjective 1. broad in scope or content across the board pay increases an all embracing definition blanket sanctions against human rights violators an invention with broad applications a panoptic study of Soviet nationality T.G.Winner granted him… … Useful english dictionary
encompassing a wide area — index extensive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
encompassing — en·com·pass || ɪn kÊŒmpÉ™s v. surround, enclose, hem in, circumscribe … English contemporary dictionary
act of encompassing — index coverage (scope) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
all-encompassing — index unqualified (unlimited) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
all-encompassing — adjective broad in scope or content across the board pay increases an all embracing definition blanket sanctions against human rights violators an invention with broad applications a panoptic study of Soviet nationality T.G.Winner granted him… … Useful english dictionary
all-encompassing — /awl en kum peuh sing/, adj. all embracing. * * * … Universalium
all-encompassing — adjective including everything; universal … Wiktionary
Irreligion in the United States — Encompassing atheism, agnosticism, deism, skepticism, freethought, secular humanism or general secularism, various polls have put the population of non religious North Americans at around 20 million people. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp… … Wikipedia
