Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

all-embracing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: al-l-em-brac-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a broad scope; of universal application.

Example Sentences

"The trouble today is that few such causes of delay are taken up with the people concerned; "there is a war on" provides the usual all-embracing excuse."
"Another new station was planned—a bigger, vaster, all-embracing station, one that would last for all time."
"[...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains."

Etymology

From all + embracing.

Synonyms

exhaustive thorough across-the-board all-encompassing all-inclusive blanket broad encompassing extensive panoptic wide

Questions

What does all-embracing mean?: Having a broad scope; of universal application.
Where does all-embracing come from?: From all + embracing.

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