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# encompass

«encompass» in Mova's school dictionary: **to include it or cover all of it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (encompass, encompasses, encompassed, encompassing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To encompass something is to include it or cover all of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encompass/#m1)

2) (formal) To encompass a place is to surround it completely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encompass/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Exam and formal voice (the topic encompasses history and geography), science (a habitat encompassing forests and lakes), descriptions in stories (darkness encompassed them).

### examples

- The project encompasses maths, art and science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encompass/#x1)
- The national park encompasses mountains and lakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encompass/#x2)
- Her job encompasses teaching and coaching. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encompass/#x3)
- Thick fog encompassed the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encompass/#x4)
- The school's rules encompass behaviour online too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encompass/#x5)
- The word «pet» encompasses dogs, cats and fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encompass/#x6)

### note

Formal; everyday words: include, cover, surround. Spelling: en + compass; third person encompasses (double s + es).

### In the corpora

- [For Thou dost bless the righteous; O LORD, Thou dost encompass him with favour as with a shield.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.53/)
- [At our every step they have now encompassed us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.206/)
- [Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.320/)
- [Who redeemeth Thy life from the pit; who encompasseth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1804/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «encompass» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encompass/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.