Encompassing
Encompassing adjective - Closely encircling.
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Synonyms for Encompassing
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
Encompassing and spanning are semantically related in participle topic. You can use "Encompassing" instead an adjective "Spanning".
Nearby Word: spanned
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Related pairs
- joining and encompassing
- joining and spanning
- meeting and encompassing
- meeting and spanning
- cover and encompassing
- cover and spanning
- covering and encompassing
- covering and spanning
- extensive and encompassing
- extensive and spanning
- sweeping and encompassing
- sweeping and spanning
- touching and encompassing
- touching and spanning
Both words in one sentence
- Achaemenid Persia was once a world-spanning empire, encompassing most of the civilized world and featured in the annals of most others.
Source: Vestigial Empire
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