encompassed

Meaning of encompassed

verb, past tense
  1. surround and have or hold within.
    this area of London encompasses Piccadilly to the north and St James's Park to the south
  2. cause to take place.
    an act designed to encompass the death of the king

Information about encompassed

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of encompassed

en-com-passed

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • encompassed is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

encompassed synonyms

Meaning (of troops, police, etc.) encircle (someone or something) so as to cut off communication or escape:

surround

Meaning surround or close off on all sides:

enclose

Meaning surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment:

ring

Meaning form a circle around; surround:

encircle

Meaning restrict (something) within limits:

circumscribe

Meaning go round or past the edge of:

skirt

Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:

bound

Meaning form an edge along or beside (something):

border

Meaning form a border along or around (something):

fringe

Meaning keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):

confine

Meaning surround; encircle:

gird, girdle, engird

Meaning go round (something) in a circular course:

compass

Meaning surround; enclose:

environ

Words that rhyme with encompassed

ssed, amassed, assed, badassed, bassed, biassed, brassed, bypassed, canvassed, carcassed, chassed, classed, compassed, crevassed, cuirassed, debarrassed, declassed, degassed, disembarrassed, embarrassed, encuirassed, fiberglassed, forepassed, gassed, glassed, grassed, harassed, massed, misbiassed, misclassed, outclassed, outgassed, outpassed, overgrassed, overpassed, passed, preassed, repassed, sassed, subclassed, surpassed, teargassed, trespassed, unamassed, unbiassed, uncanvassed, unclassed, uncompassed, uncrevassed, unembarassed

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