📚 Encompass, verb. 🔉 /ɪnˈkʌmpəs/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (with object): Surround and have or hold within. ❗️ Examples: 1. This area of London encompasses Piccadilly to the north and St James's Park to the south. 2. Surrounding me, encompassing my being as a whole, was a whirlwind of earth and wind, fire and water, increasing in intensity and speed. 3. A cacophony of pounding engines, honking of horns, screeching of brakes and Spanish profanity encompasses me, surround-sound style. 4. They had chosen to walk within the forest encompassing much of the land beyond the Estate. 5. Furthermore the constructed peptide is completely encompassed within the cutoff radius. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic