单词 | all-encompassing |
释义 | all-encompassingadj. That covers, contains, or applies to everything or everyone; that excludes nothing or no one; universal. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > everything all-encompassing1805 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > [adjective] > inclusive or comprehensive largea1400 wide1534 capable1592 inclusive1604 comprehensive1614 all-comprehensive1650 complexive1654 diffused1658 comprehensional1673 perileptic1678 all-encompassing1805 unexcluding1822 widish1845 all-embracing1847 unexclusive1852 all-inclusive1858 broad1872 embracive1897 periscopic1912 wide-angle1932 umbrella1949 1805 tr. J. G. Zimmermann Exam. Advantages Solitude II. x. 133 That awful Being, whose all-encompassing greatness we can only contemplate through the medium of his omnipotence. 1830 R. C. Sands in Life & Corr. J. P. Jones 554 He fought under the flag which is now respected on the all-encompassing ocean. 1848 E. B. Pusey Parochial Serm. (1873) I. viii. 152 His Own All-encompassing, Unencompassed Love. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience vi. 142 The jealousy of the gods, the nemesis that follows too much happiness, the all-encompassing death. 1912 W. de la Mare Listeners 82 This all-encompassing hush. 1970 R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 7/2 The word ‘dope,’ with its classic all-encompassing definition, is coming back into style. 2004 B. Greene Fabric of Cosmos i. 16 Einstein..dreamed of finding a single, all-encompassing framework capable of embracing all of nature's laws. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1805 |
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