all-embracing
1all-embracing — adj. 1. 1 broad in scope or content. Syn: all inclusive, across the board, blanket(prenominal), broad, complete, global, panoptic, wide [WordNet 1.5] …
2all-embracing — all′ embrac′ing adj. applying to all or everything; all inclusive: an all embracing philosophy[/ex] • Etymology: 1820–30 …
3all-embracing — all em bracing adj including everyone or everything ▪ an all embracing vision of society …
4all-embracing — index composite, comprehensive, inclusive, nonsectarian, omnibus, prevailing (current), prevalent …
5all-embracing — adjective 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… …
6all-embracing — ADJ GRADED Something that is all embracing includes or affects everyone or everything. His hospitality was instantaneous and all embracing. Syn: all encompassing …
7all-embracing — /awl em bray sing/, adj. covering or applying to all; all inclusive; blanket: an all embracing definition. Also, all encompassing. [1820 30] * * * …
8all-embracing — adjective Date: circa 1649 complete, sweeping < an all embracing theory > …
9all-embracing — adjective including everyone or everything: an all embracing vision of the cosmos …
10all-embracing — all em|bra|cing [ ,ɔl ım breısıŋ ] adjective including everything or everyone …