Definition of "encompasses" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encompass. (verb)

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• "And my attitude was that a story on "Asian people" as a whole can only be a kind of a failure because the term encompasses such large groups of people who have different immigration histories, class backgrounds, and nationalities."
• "Now the word encompasses all my wonderful ladies at the cookie party."
• "The term encompasses all people using Clovis technology, first discovered in Clovis, N.M. The archaeologists at Gault are studying all the different patterns of human activity, which span many thousands of years, and comparing the data to other sites all over the continent to better understand the Clovis culture as a whole."