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单词 all-encompassing
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all-encompassingadj.

Brit. /ˌɔːlᵻnˈkʌmpəsɪŋ/, /ˌɔːlɛnˈkʌmpəsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔlənˌkəmpəsɪŋ/, /ˈɑlənˌkəmpəsɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., English encompassing , encompass v.
Etymology: < all adv. + encompassing, present participle of encompass v.
That covers, contains, or applies to everything or everyone; that excludes nothing or no one; universal.
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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).
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