日入一词_83：encompass

Each database—and more specifically, each table—has different characteristics that may force you to adopt techniques that encompass one or more of the concepts explained in this chapter.

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verb /ɛnˈkʌmpəs/

1

to include a wide range of ideas, subjects, etc.

to include (something) as a part.

to include a large number or range of things.

to include, especially different types of things.

to include a lot of people or things.If something encompasses particular things, it includes them.

The study encompasses the social, political, and economic aspects of the situation.

My interests encompass [=cover, include] a broad range of topics.

The district encompasses most of the downtown area.

The job encompasses a wide range of responsibilities.

The group encompasses all ages.

The festival/'fɛstɪvl/ is to encompass everything from music, theatre and ballet/'bæle/ to literature/'lɪtrətʃɚ/, cinema and the visual arts.

The student debates will encompass a range of subjects.

the extra services, which start next September and encompass a wide range of special interests.

His repertoire/'rɛpɚ'twɑr/ encompassed everything from Bach to Schoenberg.

2

to completely cover or surround something.

to cover or surround (an area).

to surround or cover sth completely.

to include or surround an area completely.

To encompass a place means to completely surround or cover it.

The houses encompassed about 100 square metres.

A thick fog encompassed [=enveloped] the city.

a neighborhood encompassed by a highway

The fog soon encompassed the whole valley.

His kingdom encompassed 890 square miles.

Encompassing over a million square miles, this remote and mountainous domain /do'men/ presides/prɪ'zaɪd/ over the rest of Asia.

The map shows the rest of the western region, encompassing nine states.