encompass
to include comprehensively: a work that encompasses the entire range of the world's religious beliefs.
Obsolete. to outwit.
Origin of encompass
1Other words from encompass
- en·com·pass·ment, noun
- un·en·com·passed, adjective
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How to use encompass in a sentence
Some Coinbase employees, he wrote, may have previously interpreted this mission to be more encompassing of “all forms of equality and justice,” though that is not what he intended it to mean.
The controversy over Coinbase’s stance against corporate social responsibility | Lucinda Shen | September 29, 2020 | FortuneSince the Nasdaq counts Alphabet’s A and B shares separately, StarTech actually encompasses not 10 but 11 members.
Big Tech is suffering from ‘mean reversion.’ And the downdraft isn’t over yet | Shawn Tully | September 26, 2020 | FortuneThere’s currently just one left to use in the Atlantic basin—Wilfred—since the list of names doesn’t actually encompass all 26 letters.
A nearly unprecedented cluster of tropical storms are brewing in the Atlantic | Sara Chodosh | September 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe business-to-consumer model encompasses our omni channel, pure-play and direct-to-consumer developments, whereas the B2B part of what we do revolves more around that typical business-to-business partnerships in retail.
‘Retailers are media owners in their own right’: Why e-commerce is driving more of Unilever’s media spend | Seb Joseph | September 9, 2020 | DigidayThe data encompasses more than 100 industries and 80,000 companies globally, according to Microsoft.
Microsoft Advertising expands LinkedIn Profile, dynamic remarketing, in-market audience targeting | Ginny Marvin | September 4, 2020 | Search Engine Land
But her encompassment, as is so apt to be the case here, was pitiably mediocre.
The Adventures of a Widow | Edgar FawcettHe waved one hand here and there, as though generalizing the whole luxurious encompassment.
An Ambitious Woman | Edgar FawcettHow he longed to lift them up from the drag of their mental encompassment!
Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis StockingBut nobody has blown away from the matter its brumous encompassment and let in the light upon it It is very simple.
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays | Ambrose BierceCarmen lived with her eyes on Him, despite her dreary mundane encompassment.
Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis Stocking
British Dictionary definitions for encompass
/ (ɪnˈkʌmpəs) /
to enclose within a circle; surround
to bring about; cause to happen; contrive: he encompassed the enemy's ruin
to include entirely or comprehensively: this book encompasses the whole range of knowledge
Derived forms of encompass
- encompassment, noun
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