encompass

englober, couvrir

Inclure toutes les parties de quelque chose ou couvrir une grande variété de choses.

En anglais simple : To include all parts of something or cover a wide range of things.

• The course encompasses art and music.
• Her role encompassed several different duties.
• Does the report encompass every aspect of the problem?

Synonymes : include, cover, embrace

Contraires : exclude

Expressions courantes : encompass something, encompass a range, encompass all aspects

entourer, encercler

Entourer quelque chose de tous les côtés.

En anglais simple : To surround something on all sides.

• High walls encompass the garden.
• A dense forest encompassed the village.
• The new boundary will encompass the entire fortress.

Synonymes : surround, encircle

Expressions courantes : encompass something, encompass a city

faire le tour de

Voyager tout autour d’un lieu, notamment du monde, en faisant un tour complet.

En anglais simple : To travel all the way around a place, especially the world.

• The sailors hoped to encompass the globe.
• Their ship encompassed the world in three years.
• He set out to encompass the island by boat.

Synonymes : circumnavigate

Expressions courantes : encompass the globe, encompass the world