encompass
/ɪnˈkʌmpəs
/ /ɛnˈkʌmpəs/verb
1 [with object] Surround and have or hold within: this area of London encompasses Piccadilly to the north and St James’s Park to the south...
- Surrounding me, encompassing my being as a whole, was a whirlwind of earth and wind, fire and water, increasing in intensity and speed.
- A cacophony of pounding engines, honking of horns, screeching of brakes and Spanish profanity encompasses me, surround-sound style.
- They had chosen to walk within the forest encompassing much of the land beyond the Estate.
Synonyms
surround, enclose, ring, encircle, circumscribe, skirt, bound, border, fringe;
close in, shut in, fence in, wall in, hedge in, hem in, confine
literary gird, girdle, engird
rare compass, environ
1.1Include comprehensively: no studies encompass all sectors of medical care...
- In principle, then, cultural studies includes and encompasses literary studies, examining literature as a particular cultural practice.
- The questionnaire was produced especially for this study, and it encompassed aspects and problems of nursing documentation revealed by the literature review.
- This policy must encompass all aspects of waste management, including waste minimisation, recycling, re-usage and waste disposal.
Synonyms
cover, embrace, include, incorporate, take in, contain, comprise, involve, deal with
formal comprehend
2 archaic Cause to take place: an act designed to encompass the death of the king...
- But, foolish though I undoubtedly am, I encompass only my own destruction.
Derivatives
encompassment
- Nor does it unproblematically endorse modernity and globalization which, via colonialism, postcolonial dependence, and transnational capitalist encompassment, have fuelled the grim conditions now widely noted.
- Same-sex siblings particularly and the members of the sibling set are considered to be ‘as one’, but there is a hierarchical encompassment in this unity based on birth order.
- At the confluence of agrarian and suburban landscapes, the building's encompassment of so many forces and imagery without is a productive strategy.