all-encompassing

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The all-encompassing forest stretched as far as the eye could see.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Including or covering everything or everyone; comprehensive: The word describes something that is extremely broad in scope, leaving nothing out. It suggests totality and completeness in its coverage or application.

Usage

The adjective "all-encompassing" is used to modify a noun, emphasizing that the thing it describes is vast, total, and without limits or exceptions. It often describes concepts, ideas, feelings, or systems. * It is typically used in formal or academic contexts but can appear in general writing. * It usually precedes the noun it modifies (e.g., an all-encompassing theory).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She has an all-encompassing knowledge of European history.
  • The company's all-encompassing policy affected every department.
  • He felt an all-encompassing sense of peace.

Advanced Usage

• "all-encompassing nature of": Used to discuss the comprehensive quality of something abstract.
  • The report highlighted the all-encompassing nature of the new regulations.
• Often used to describe abstract nouns like "love," "view," "definition," or "framework."

Variants and Related Words

• All-embracing (adj): A direct synonym, meaning including everything. (e.g., an philosophy).
• Panoptic (adj): Formal term meaning including or viewing everything within a wide scope, often from a single vantage point. (e.g., a analysis).
• Comprehensive (adj): Covering completely or broadly.
• Blanket (adj): Applying to all cases or instances without exception (e.g., a ban).
• Across-the-board (adj): Applying to all categories or members (e.g., cuts).

Synonyms

• Comprehensive
• Exhaustive
• Sweeping
• Broad
• Wide-ranging
• Total
• Universal

Antonyms

• Limited
• Narrow
• Restricted
• Partial
• Exclusive
• Specific

Học thuật

Adjective

1. broad in scope or content
   • across-the-board pay increases
   • an all-embracing definition
   • blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
   • an invention with broad applications
   • a panoptic study of Soviet nationality- T.G.Winner
   • granted him wide powers