encompass

encompass
I (include) verb adscribere, complecti, comprise, consist of, contain, continere, cover, embrace, hold, incorporate, span, subsume, take in associated concepts: encompass a broad cross section of the law II (surround) verb be circumjacent, begird, belt, border, bound, cincture, cingere, circle, circuit, circumcludere, circumplecti, circumscribe, compass, corral, edge, encase, encincture, encircle, enclose, enclose on all sides, engird, enring, ensphere, envelop, enwrap, fence in, form a circle round, gird, girdle, hem in, immure, keep in, pen in, ring, shut in, wall in, wrap III index border (bound), circumscribe (surround by boundary), comprehend (include), comprise, consist, constitute (compose), contain (enclose), delimit, demarcate, embrace (encircle), enclose, envelop, hedge, include, incorporate (include)

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  • Encompass — Encompass, the Enterprise Computing Association, is a computer user group for business customers of Hewlett Packard. Encompass s history begins with DECUS, founded in 1961, for customers of the Digital Equipment Corporation, which was acquired in …   Wikipedia

  • Encompass — (сокр. от англ. Enterprise Computing Association)  сообщество пользователей компьютеров из числа коммерческих клиентов Hewlett Packard. История Encompass начинается с сообщества DECUS, основанного в 1961 году для клиентов компании DEC,… …   Википедия

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • encompass — [v1] surround, circumscribe beset, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring; concept 758 encompass [v2] include, contain admit, comprehend, comprise, cover, embody, embrace, have, hold, incorporate, involve …   New thesaurus

  • encompass — [en kum′pəs, inkum′pəs] vt. 1. to shut in all around; surround; encircle 2. to contain; include 3. to bring about; achieve; contrive [to encompass its destruction] encompassment n …   English World dictionary

  • encompass — 1550s, from EN (Cf. en ) (1) make, put in + COMPASS (Cf. compass). Related: Encompassed; encompasses; encompassing …   Etymology dictionary

  • encompass — *surround, environ, encircle, circle, compass, hem, gird, girdle, ring Analogous words: envelop, *enclose, wall: circumscribe, confine (see LIMIT) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • encompass — ► VERB 1) surround and have or hold within. 2) include comprehensively …   English terms dictionary

  • encompass — UK [ɪnˈkʌmpəs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms encompass : present tense I/you/we/they encompass he/she/it encompasses present participle encompassing past tense encompassed past participle encompassed formal a) to include a lot of people or… …   English dictionary

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