encompassing
包含する
解説 Definition
encompassing は encompass（包含する、取り囲む）の現在分詞・形容詞形です。多くの要素や範囲を含んでいることを表す、ややかたい語です。
Encompassing describes something that includes, covers, or deals with a wide range of subjects, elements, or concerns. It often modifies a plan, view, approach, or summary intended to be broad and comprehensive.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 encompass にそのまま -ing を付けた形で、encompassing となる。末尾の /s/ に /ɪŋ/ が続き、語幹の発音は変わらない。en-（中に）と compass の「周囲を巡る」イメージから、多くの要素を一つの範囲内に含むと捉える。an encompassing plan/view/summary のような、幅広く包括的な内容に使う。
Start with encompass, “to include broadly or surround,” and add -ing without changing the base spelling: encompass becomes encompassing. The final /s/ is followed by /ɪŋ/, and the stem pronunciation stays the same. Connect the word with the image of drawing a compass-like boundary around many items so that all of them fall within one scope. Typical combinations include an encompassing plan, an encompassing view, and an encompassing summary. It is relatively formal and emphasizes breadth of inclusion, while comprehensive often emphasizes completeness and careful coverage.
例文
The course has an encompassing view of world history.
その講座は世界史を幅広く包含する内容になっています。
They wrote an encompassing plan for the project.
彼らはそのプロジェクトを包括的に扱う計画を書きました。
The report offers an encompassing summary of the research results.
その報告書は研究結果を包含する包括的な要約を示しています。
encompassing の類義語・関連語
類義語
encompassing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
encompassing は encompass の現在分詞で、en-「中へ」+ compass から成る。compass は古フランス語 compas、さらに俗ラテン語 compassare「歩いて周囲を測る」に由来し、「ぐるりと囲む」から「含む」へ広がった。関連語は compass、pace。
Encompassing is the -ing form of encompass. Encompass combines the prefix en-, “in or within,” with compass. Compass came through Old French compas and is associated with measuring, circling, or going around, ultimately reflecting a Latin formation involving com-, “together,” and passus, “step.” Encompass first carried the physical idea of surrounding something and later developed the figurative sense of including a range of matters. The modern participial adjective adds -ing directly, without changing the spelling or pronunciation of the stem.
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