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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encompass |
| Synonyms: | begird, belt, beset, cincture, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, engirdle, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring |
| Concept: | [Definite space] Region. |
| Category: | 1. ABSTRACT SPACE |
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-nouns
region, sphere, ground, soil, area, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; pale (limit); compartment, department; clearing; domain, tract, territory, country, canton, county, shire, province, arrondissement, mofussil, parish, township, commune, ward; wapentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing, bailiwick; principality, duchy, kingdom; archduchy, archdukedom., arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, inclosure, close, enclave, field, court; street (abode)., clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude.
-adjectives
territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.
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