encompass

== English == === Alternative forms === incompass (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English encompassen. By surface analysis, en- +‎ compass. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkʌmpəs/, /ən-/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkʌmpəs/, /-ˈkɑmpəs/, /ɛn-/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɐmpəs/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ənˈkɐmpəs/ Hyphenation: en‧com‧pass === 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 (transitive) To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively. Synonym: (now rare) comprehend (transitive) To go around, especially, to circumnavigate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== encompassment ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “encompass”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “encompass”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.