'Encompassing' definitions:
Definition of 'encompassing'
(from WordNet)
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 wide powers" [syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide]
adjective
Closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferent]
Definition of 'Encompassing'
From: GCIDE
- 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; a voyage encompassing the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster]
- The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson.
- Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'encompassing'
From: GCIDE
- encompassing \encompassing\ adj. closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.
- Syn: ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5]