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English
Etymology
From Middle English encompassen en- compass
Pronunciation
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Verb
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( transitive ) circle around; to encircle .( transitive ) include within its scope ; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround ; to enclose ; to contain .
Synonym: embrace ( transitive ) include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively .
This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs. Synonym: ( now rare ) comprehend ( transitive ) circumnavigate .
Drake encompassed the globe.
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 )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Icelandic: felast
Italian: racchiudere (it) , comprendere (it)
Kurdish: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
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)
include
Bulgarian: включвам (bg) ( vključvam ) , съдържам (bg) ( sǎdǎržam )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 包含 (zh) ( bāohán )
Czech: zahrnovat (cs)
Danish: omfatte indeholde (da) , inkludere (da) , indbefatte
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 )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Italian: includere (it) , racchiudere (it) , circoscrivere (it)
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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)
References
“encompass ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC “encompass ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC