MEANING
To include or cover a wide range of things within a whole or boundary.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- encompass several disciplines
- encompass a range
On the page
The review encompasses studies from several disciplines.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- encompass
- Past tense
- encompassed
- Past participle
- encompassed
- Present participle
- encompassing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- encompass
- Present continuous
- am/is/are encompassing
- Present perfect
- have/has encompassed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been encompassing
- Past
- encompassed
- Past continuous
- was/were encompassing
- Past perfect
- had encompassed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been encompassing
- Future
- will encompass
- Future continuous
- will be encompassing
- Future perfect
- will have encompassed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been encompassing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: encompass; encompasses; encompassed; encompassed; encompassing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: encompasses.
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