Usually means: Including all aspects; completely surrounding.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word encompassing:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. encompassing: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. encompassing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. encompassing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Encompassing, encompassing: Wordnik
  5. encompassing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. encompassing: Wiktionary
  7. Encompassing, encompassing: Dictionary.com
  8. encompassing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Encompassing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. encompassing: Rhymezone
  11. Encompassing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. encompassing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. encompassing: Free Dictionary
  14. encompassing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. encompassing: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. encompassing: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. encompassing: Encyclopedia

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adjective:  broad in scope or content


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