Encompass and Span

Encompass

Encompass verb - To form a circle around.

Span and encompass are semantically related In some cases you can use "Span" instead a verb "Encompass".

Nearby Word: encompassing

Span

Span verb - To find out the size, extent, or amount of.
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Synonyms for Span

Encompass and span are semantically related in extend over topic. Sometimes you can use "Encompass" instead a verb "Span".

Nearby Word: spanned

Common collocations

variety encompass variety span variety
number encompass number span number
entirety encompass entirety span entirety
range encompass range span range
Other words: episode, period, species, universe, world, continent, planet, novels, books, games, pages, continents, decades.
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