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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English encompassen, equivalent to en- + compass.
Pronunciation
Verb
encompass (third-person singular simple present encompasses, present participle encompassing, simple past and past participle encompassed)
- (transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.
- (transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
- Synonym: embrace
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:his piercing inſtruments of ſight:
Whose fiery circles beare encompaſſed
A heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares:
- (transitive) To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
- This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
- Synonym: (now rare) comprehend
- (transitive) To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
- Drake encompassed the globe.
Related terms
Translations
surround
- Bulgarian: обхващам (bg) (obhvaštam), заобикалям (bg) (zaobikaljam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 围绕 (zh)
- Danish: omfatte
- Dutch: omvatten (nl)
- Faroese: fevna um
- Finnish: ympäröidä (fi), sisältää (fi)
- French: entourer (fr)
- Georgian: გარშემორტყმა (garšemorṭq̇ma)
- German: umfassen (de), enthalten (de), einschließen (de)
- Greek: περικλείω (el) (perikleío), περιβάλλω (el) (perivállo)
- Ancient: περιέχω (periékhō)
- Icelandic: felast
- Italian: racchiudere (it), comprendere (it)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: dorpêç kirin (ku)
- Middle English: encompassen, compassen
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: omfatte (no)
- Nynorsk: omfatta
- Old English: bebūgan
- Portuguese: rodear (pt), circundar (pt), conter (pt)
- Russian: охва́тывать (ru) (oxvátyvatʹ), охвати́ть (ru) pf (oxvatítʹ)
- Sanskrit: वेवेष्टि (sa) (veveṣṭi)
- Spanish: rodear (es), circundar (es)
- Swedish: omfatta (sv)
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include
- Bulgarian: включвам (bg) (vključvam), съдържам (bg) (sǎdǎržam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 包含 (zh) (bāohán)
- Czech: zahrnovat (cs)
- Danish: omfatte, indeholde (da), inkludere (da), indbefatte (da)
- Dutch: bevatten (nl)
- Esperanto: ampleksi
- Finnish: käsittää (fi), sisältää (fi)
- French: englober (fr), inclure (fr), comprendre (fr), renfermer (fr)
- Georgian: მოიცავს (moicavs), მოცვა (mocva)
- German: umfassen (de), beinhalten (de), abdecken (de)
- Greek: περιλαμβάνω (el) (perilamváno)
- Italian: includere (it), racchiudere (it), circoscrivere (it)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: hindirrandin (ku), hewandin (ku)
- Middle English: compassen
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: omfatte (no), inneholde, inkludere
- Polish: obejmować (pl) impf
- Portuguese: compreender (pt), abarcar (pt), englobar (pt)
- Russian: включа́ть (ru) impf (vključátʹ), включи́ть (ru) pf (vključítʹ), заключа́ть (ru) impf (zaključátʹ), заключи́ть (ru) pf (zaključítʹ), содержа́ть (ru) impf (soderžátʹ)
- Spanish: abarcar (es), englobar (es)
- Swedish: omfatta (sv), innehålla (sv), inkludera (sv)
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References
- “encompass”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “encompass”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.