Past tense of encompass

Forms of encompass

Encompassed in a sentence

• Drake encompassed the globe.
• Our omnicause encompassed apartheid, Nicaragua, nuclear disarmament, the miners’ strike and that Thatcher-era hardy perennial, The Cuts.2024 May 17, Janice Turner, “Don’t scorn students for believing in a cause”, in The Times, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2024. From the entry omnicause
• From the promontory, their gaze encompassed the entire mouth of the Boyer River.2007, Martine Desjardins, A Covenant of Salt, Talonbooks, page 79. From the entry romp
• Contrariwise, another was struggling with the waves, when the steel came up and encompassed him.1905, Saxo Grammaticus, translated by Oliver Elton, The Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, section II. From the entry steel
• The exact size of hides varied with soil quality, but each one generally encompassed 24 to 26 hectares.2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 488. From the entry hide

Meaning of encompass

1. verb To form a circle around; to encircle.
2. verb To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
3. verb To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.

Full definition of encompass

More about encompass

• Meaning of encompass
• Encompass in a sentence
• Encompass in Tamil
• Encompass in Urdu
• Encompass in Bengali
• Encompass in Malayalam

Questions about the past tense of encompass

What is the past tense of encompass?

The past tense of encompass is encompassed.

What is the past participle of encompass?

The past participle of encompass is encompassed.

Is encompass a regular or irregular verb?

Encompass is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.