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encompassing
adjective
closely encircling
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 12
- Starts with
- E
- Ends with
- G
- Contains
- NCOMPASSIN
- Scrabble score
- 19
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
closely encircling
“encompassing mountain ranges”
adjective
broad in scope or content
“across-the-board pay increases”
In context
Example Sentences
encompassing mountain ranges
the surrounding countryside
across-the-board pay increases
an all-embracing definition
blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
an invention with broad applications
{'source': 'T.G.Winner', 'text': 'a panoptic study of Soviet nationality'}
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