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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
encompassing
1. broad in scope or content
- across-the-board pay increases
- an all-embracing definition
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
- an invention with broad applications
- "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
- granted him wide powers
• Syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket,
broad, extensive, panoptic, wide
• Similar to:
comprehensive
• Derivationally related forms:
wideness (for: wide), extensiveness (for: extensive)
2. closely encircling
- encompassing mountain ranges
- the surrounding countryside
• Syn:
surrounding, circumferent
• Similar to:
close
• Derivationally related forms:
circumference (for: circumferent)
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