What is "encompasses"

Usage examples of "encompasses".

It encompasses the great realms of the material universe, of the world of the living, and of the world of history.

While at his feet, a shallow pool of blood encompasses the small chamber.

It encompasses every being of Gem's soul with hope, compassion, and purpose.

Under the 'scientistic' influence of positivism and empiricism, there were claims of a unified empirical science that encompasses all 'real' knowledge, excluding the various attempts to claim an autonomous status for the emerging human sciences of cultural and subjective reality"

One hallmark of MacLean's work is that it encompasses many different animals, ranging from lizards to squirrel monkeys.

And memory‑my new, all‑knowing memory, which encompasses most of the lives of mother father grandfather grandmother and everyone else‑answers: soft.

The union of 'passive' and 'metaphorical' encompasses all socio‑political trends and events which, merely by existing, affected me metaphorically‑for example, by reading between the lines of the episode entitled 'The Fisherman's Pointing Finger', you will perceive the unavoidable connection between the infant state's attempts at rushing towards full‑sized adulthood and my own early, explosive efforts at growth… Next, 'passive' and 'literal', when hyphenated, cover all moments at which national events had a direct bearing upon the lives of myself and my family‑under this heading you should file the freezing of my father's assets, and also the explosion at Walkeshwar Reservoir, which unleased the great cat invasion.