Encompassing and Spanning

Encompassing

Encompassing adjective - Closely encircling.
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Spanning and encompassing are semantically related in participle topic. In some cases you can use "Spanning" instead an adjective "Encompassing".

Nearby Words: encompass, encompassed

Spanning

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Encompassing and spanning are semantically related in participle topic. You can use "Encompassing" instead an adjective "Spanning".

Nearby Word: spanned

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  • Achaemenid Persia was once a world-spanning empire, encompassing most of the civilized world and featured in the annals of most others.
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