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encompassing start learning		´´
Something that's encompassing completely encloses or surrounds something else. start learning		´´
An island, for example, sits in the midst of encompassing ocean waves. start learning		´´
The adjective encompassing can describe things that literally encircle something, and also things that are so extensive that they seem to do so. start learning		´´
For example, an encompassing history of World War II would include everything about the period, including the Holocaust. start learning		´´
Encompassing comes from the verb encompass, "surround and hold within," or "include comprehensively," from the roots en-, "put in," and compass, "space or circumference." start learning		´´
Definitions of encompassing start learning		´´
1. closely encircling start learning		´´
“encompassing mountain ranges” start learning		´´
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circumferent, surrounding start learning		´´
close start learning		´´
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other start learning		´´
broad in scope or content start learning		´´
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across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, extensive, panoptic, wide start learning		´´
comprehensive start learning		´´
including all or everything start learning		´´

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