encompass
/ɪnˈkʌmpəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.27 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "his piercing inſtruments of ſight: Whose fiery circles beare encompaſſed A heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares:"
- "Those trajectories encompassed absolute social extremes: the kings of France making their solemn entries into Paris through the Ludovician Arch of the Porte [...]"
- "In order to address the systematic, processual character of interpersonal interactions — the larger mosaic of micro-level patterns — we must postulate subapparent but encompassing structures of social activity."
- "Beauty is complicated; it’s an individual response to how we live our lives – but it can also encompass kindness and compassion."
- "In developing a new theme for this year’s rounds of Spooktober posts, we decided to look beyond the realm of strictly horror games to cover a topic that we hadn’t touched on before, one that encompasses games generally and allows for a little “outside the box” thinking. Our Spooktober theme this year is “The Horror that Surrounds.”"
- "Mayor Andy Burnham's Bee Network already encompasses the buses and trams, and now he has his sights set on the railways."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: encompassen
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈkʌmpəs/
- British English: /ɪnˈkʌmpəs/