Synonyms for encompass
ɛnˈkʌm pəsen·com·pass

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1. embrace, encompass, comprehend, coververb

   include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

   "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"

   Synonyms:
   wrap up, compass, get over, embrace, hug, insure, plow, espouse, enshroud, dig, compensate, breed, shroud, continue, sweep up, treat, hatch, adopt, report, extend, cut across, brood, squeeze, deal, grasp, incubate, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, get the picture, traverse, apprehend, pass over, bosom, comprehend, handle, perceive, overlay, cover, savvy, cross, cut through, grok, get across, cover up, track

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1. encompassverb

   Synonyms:
   surround, environ, compass, gird, engird, encircle, enclose

2. encompassverb

   Synonyms:
   invest, beset, besiege, hem in, wall in, lay siege to

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1. List of paraphrases for "encompass":

   include, cover, embrace, encompasses, includes, involve, comprise

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1. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   To the extent that it is possible we will encompass Israel's borders with a security fence and barriers that will allow us to control our borders, we will not allow Israel to be flooded with illegal migrants and terrorists.

2. William Bruce James II:

   I don't think that they can fully encompass the pain and betrayal that I feel, but by holding me so close in their life, they know that their brother was hurt.

3. Rafay Baloch:

   Cyber Security is NOT the Military Force, though it may encompass it.

4. Sam Giles:

   There are over 60,000 species of living jawed vertebrates, and they encompass pretty much everything you can think of [with a backbone] that lives on land or in the sea, but we don't really know what they looked like when they split.

5. Bakari Sellers:

   The words don't really encompass everything that we've been through.