encompassing
1encompassing — adj. closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides. Syn: ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5] …
2Encompassing — Encompass En*com pass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encompassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encompassing}.] To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city;… …
3encompassing — adjective 1. broad in scope or content across the board pay increases an all embracing definition blanket sanctions against human rights violators an invention with broad applications a panoptic study of Soviet nationality T.G.Winner granted him… …
4encompassing a wide area — index extensive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5encompassing — en·com·pass || ɪn kÊŒmpÉ™s v. surround, enclose, hem in, circumscribe …
6act of encompassing — index coverage (scope) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7all-encompassing — index unqualified (unlimited) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8all-encompassing — adjective broad in scope or content across the board pay increases an all embracing definition blanket sanctions against human rights violators an invention with broad applications a panoptic study of Soviet nationality T.G.Winner granted him… …
9all-encompassing — /awl en kum peuh sing/, adj. all embracing. * * * …
10all-encompassing — adjective including everything; universal …
