The optimal formula which would encompass all these factors has not been proposed.
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Encompass
//ɪnˈkʌmpəs//
Synonyms for "encompass" (222 found)
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Closest matches (45)
Strong matches (66)
clap togethercloseclose inclose the circlecoalescecollectcombinecome full circlecome togethercompasscompass aboutcompletecompoundcompriseconcatenateconglobulateconjoinconjugateconnectconsolidate
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containcoopcoop incoop upcopulatecordoncordon offcorralcountcount incouplecovercycledelimitdescribe a circleembayembodyembosomenclaspencloseenfoldenshrineenvelopenvironenvisageenwrapextendfence infillfill infill outflankfluxfusegaolgathergirdgirdlegirdle the globegluegogo aboutgo aroundgo around in circlesgo out
Verb(1 words)
Related words (111)
go roundgo the roundgyreharassharryhavehedge inhemhem inholdhousehouse inimpoundimprisonincarcerateincorporateintegrateinterblendinterfuseinvest
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involvejailjoinkennelknotlaplay siege tolay togetherleagueleaguerlielinklooplump togethermake a circuitmake onemarrymarshalmassmeldmelt into onemergemewmew upmixmobilizenumber amongoccupyorbitpairpenpen inpiece togetherpocketput togetherquarantinerail inrangereachreach outreceivereckon amongreckon inreckon withreembodyrevolveringroll into oneroundrunshade intoshrineshut inshut upskirtsoften upsoldersolidifyspanspiralsplicespreadstablestick togetherstraddlestretchstretch outsubsumesurroundsweepsyncretizesyndicatesynthesizetaketake intake into accounttake into considerationtake uptapethrust outtieunifyunitewall inweldwheelwrapyardyard upyoke
Verb(1 words)
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4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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6 entriesTranslations
103 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- περιέχω verb (surround)
Bulgarian
4 entries- включвам verb (include)
- заобикалям verb (surround)
- обкръжавам verb (encircle)
- обхващам verb (surround)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 包含 verb (include)
- 包围 verb (encircle)
- 围绕 verb (surround)
Czech
1 entries- zahrnovat verb (include)
Danish
4 entries- indbefatte verb (include)
- indeholde verb (include)
- inkludere verb (include)
- omfatte verb (surround)
Dutch
2 entries- bevatten verb (include)
- omvatten verb (surround)
Esperanto
3 entries- ampleksi verb (include)
- ĉirkaŭi verb (encircle)
- ĉirkaŭi verb (surround)
Faroese
1 entries- fevna um verb (surround)
Finnish
4 entries- käsittää verb (include)
- sisältää verb (surround)
- sisältää verb (include)
- ympäröidä verb (encircle)
French
4 entries- comprendre verb (include)
- encercler verb (encircle)
- englober verb (include)
- entourer verb (surround)
Georgian
4 entries- გარშემოვლება verb (encircle)
- გარშემორტყმა verb (surround)
- მოიცავს verb (include)
- მოცვა verb (include)
German
4 entries- abdecken verb (include)
- beinhalten verb (include)
- einschließen verb (surround)
- enthalten verb (surround)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (encircle)
Greek
4 entries- περιβάλλω verb (surround)
- περικλείω verb (surround)
- περικυκλώ verb (encircle)
- περιλαμβάνω verb (include)
Icelandic
1 entries- felast verb (surround)
Irish
1 entries- timpeallaigh verb (encircle)
Italian
4 entries- circondare verb (encircle)
- circoscrivere verb (include)
- comprendere verb (surround)
- includere verb (include)
Middle English
4 entries- compassen verb (encircle)
- compassen verb (surround)
- compassen verb (include)
- encompassen verb (surround)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- dorpêç kirin verb (surround)
- hewandin verb (include)
- hindirrandin verb (include)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- inkludere verb (include)
- inneholde verb (include)
- omfatte verb (surround)
- omfatte verb (include)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- omfatta verb (surround)
Old English
1 entries- bebūgan verb (surround)
Polish
3 entries- obejmować verb (include)
- otaczać verb (encircle)
- otoczyć verb (encircle)
Portuguese
4 entries- abarcar verb (include)
- cercar verb (encircle)
- circundar verb (encircle)
- circundar verb (surround)
Russian
4 entries- включа́ть verb (include)
- включи́ть verb (include)
- заключа́ть verb (include)
- заключи́ть verb (include)
Sanskrit
2 entries- वेवेष्टि verb (encircle)
- वेवेष्टि verb (surround)
Spanish
4 entries- abarcar verb (include)
- circundar verb (encircle)
- circundar verb (surround)
- englobar verb (include)
Swedish
4 entries- inkludera verb (include)
- innehålla verb (include)
- inringa verb (encircle)
- omfatta verb (surround)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
No matter how large the world's corpus of written documents may become, it will never encompass the infinite range of sentences that can be formed by human language.
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The heavens rotate and encompass the earth, which stands in the middle.
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The heavens rotate and encompass the earth, which stands in the middle. The sun, wherever it is, shines perpetually, however dark clouds may take it away from us; it creates by its rays light, and the light of day. On the other side is darkness, and therefore night.
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