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encompassing
(encz) | encompassing, adj: |
encompassing
(gcide) | encompassing \encompassing\ adj.
closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.
Syn: ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal).
[WordNet 1.5] |
Encompassing
(gcide) | 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; a voyage encompassing the
world. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J.
Smith.
[1913 Webster]
The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson.
Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ;
invest; hem in; shut up.
[1913 Webster] |
encompassing
(wn) | encompassing
adj 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 wide powers" [syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
extensive, panoptic, wide]
2: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a),
surrounding(a), circumferent] |
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all-encompassing
(encz) | all-encompassing,všeobecný adj: Zdeněk Brožall-encompassing,všeobsahující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
encompassing
(encz) | encompassing, adj: |
encompassing
(gcide) | encompassing \encompassing\ adj.
closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.
Syn: ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal).
[WordNet 1.5]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; a voyage encompassing the
world. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J.
Smith.
[1913 Webster]
The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson.
Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ;
invest; hem in; shut up.
[1913 Webster] |
all-encompassing
(wn) | all-encompassing
adj 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 wide powers" [syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
extensive, panoptic, wide] |
encompassing
(wn) | encompassing
adj 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 wide powers" [syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
extensive, panoptic, wide]
2: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a),
surrounding(a), circumferent] |
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