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1. a. : include, comprehend. a plan that encompasses a number of aims. b. : envelop. 2. a. : to form a circle about : enclose. b. obsolete : to go completely around. 3. : bring about, accomplish. encompass a task. encompassment. in-ˈkəm-pə-smənt. en- also -ˈkäm-
encompass | American Dictionary. verb [ T ] us / ɪnˈkʌm·pəs / Add to word list. to include several different things: The plan encompasses repaving the street and planting 40 new trees. (Definition of encompass from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Encompass means to contain. When you see the word, picture a campus which encompasses lecture halls, a football field, a medical center, a dining hall and some parking lots. Encompass can be used when talking about anything that contains something else.
to include different types of things: The festival is to encompass everything from music, theater, and ballet to literature, cinema, and the visual arts. Synonyms. cover. embrace. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Including and containing. absorptive capacity. accessibly.
Definition of encompass verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Encompass definition: to form a circle about; encircle; surround. See examples of ENCOMPASS used in a sentence.
1. To form a circle or ring around; encircle. 2. To enclose; envelop: "The blackness of the eternal night encompassed me" (Edgar Allan Poe). 3. To have as part of something larger; include: a galaxy encompassing billions of stars. See Synonyms at include. en·com′pass·ment n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
To bring about; achieve; contrive. To encompass its destruction. Webster's New World. More Verb Definitions (1) Synonyms: take-in. subsume. involve. have. embody. comprise. include. embrace. comprehend.
1. transitive verb. If something encompasses particular things, it includes them. His repertoire encompassed everything from Bach to Schoenberg. Synonyms: include, hold, involve, cover More Synonyms of encompass. 2. transitive verb. To encompass a place means to completely surround or cover it.
to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle. to enclose; envelop: The folds of a great cloak encompassed her person. to include comprehensively: a work that encompasses the entire range of the world's religious beliefs. [ Obs.]to outwit. en - 1 + compass 1545–55. en•com′pass•ment, n.
