eng: encompassing

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Meaning
means	(adjective) 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" across-the-board, blanket, wide, extensive, broad, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-encompassing, panoptic, encompassing
means	(adjective) closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" encompassing, surrounding, circumferent