encompass
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English encompassen. By surface analysis, en- + compass.
Inflected forms:
form: encompasses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: encompassing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: encompassed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: encompassed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: incompass
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: To form a circle around; to encircle.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: his piercing inſtruments of ſight:
Whose fiery circles beare encompaſſed
A heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares:
Those trajectories encompassed absolute social extremes: the kings of France making their solemn entries into Paris through the Ludovician Arch of the Porte [...]
In order to address the systematic, processual character of interpersonal interactions — the larger mosaic of micro-level patterns — we must postulate subapparent but encompassing structures of social activity.
Beauty is complicated; it’s an individual response to how we live our lives – but it can also encompass kindness and compassion.
In developing a new theme for this year’s rounds of Spooktober posts, we decided to look beyond the realm of strictly horror games to cover a topic that we hadn’t touched on before, one that encompasses games generally and allows for a little “outside the box” thinking. Our Spooktober theme this year is “The Horror that Surrounds.”
Mayor Andy Burnham's Bee Network already encompasses the buses and trams, and now he has his sights set on the railways.
gloss: To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
gloss: To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Drake encompassed the globe.
Related words: encompassment
Derived words: all-encompassing
encompassable
encompasser
encompassingly
unencompassed
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: включвам
roman: vključvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: съдържам
roman: sǎdǎržam
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 包含
roman: bāohán
lang: Czech
word: zahrnovat
lang: Danish
word: omfatte
lang: Danish
word: indeholde
lang: Danish
word: inkludere
lang: Danish
word: indbefatte
lang: Dutch
word: bevatten
lang: Esperanto
word: ampleksi
lang: Finnish
word: käsittää
lang: Finnish
word: sisältää
lang: French
word: englober
lang: French
word: inclure
lang: French
word: comprendre
lang: French
word: renfermer
lang: Georgian
word: მოიცავს
roman: moicavs
lang: Georgian
word: მოცვა
roman: mocva
lang: German
word: umfassen
lang: German
word: beinhalten
lang: German
word: abdecken
lang: Greek
word: περιλαμβάνω
roman: perilamváno
lang: Italian
word: includere
lang: Italian
word: racchiudere
lang: Italian
word: circoscrivere
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hindirrandin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hewandin
lang: Middle English
word: compassen
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: omfatte
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: inneholde
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: inkludere
lang: Polish
word: obejmować
lang: Portuguese
word: compreender
lang: Portuguese
word: abarcar
lang: Portuguese
word: englobar
lang: Russian
word: включа́ть
roman: vključátʹ
lang: Russian
word: включи́ть
roman: vključítʹ
lang: Russian
word: заключа́ть
roman: zaključátʹ
lang: Russian
word: заключи́ть
roman: zaključítʹ
lang: Russian
word: содержа́ть
roman: soderžátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: abarcar
lang: Spanish
word: englobar
lang: Swedish
word: omfatta
lang: Swedish
word: innehålla
lang: Swedish
word: inkludera