[verb] [T] - to include (esp. a variety of things)The festival is to encompass everything from music, theatre and ballet to literature, cinema and the visual arts.The US proposed the creation of a free trade zone encompassing the entire Western hemisphere.There were warnings that this problem was going to be huge and all- encompassing (= involving everything).
ENCOMPASS
Meaning of ENCOMPASS in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012