- forming a circle around something; encircling or surrounding: She serves the whole Anchorage real estate market, including the encompassing communities.
- comprehensively including, addressing, or dealing with all parts or aspects of something: Whether as a regular treatment or a special indulgence, your fully encompassing spa experience will leave you looking and feeling fantastic!
- fully enclosing or enveloping something: As she looked out reflectively over the lake, the encompassing quiet was sliced by the shrill sound of her cell phone.
- the act or state of surrounding, enclosing, or comprehensively including something: The term “diaspora” allows for the encompassing of a wider range of people and experiences than “immigrants.”
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