According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
ENCOMPASSING
blanket, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, across-the-board, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
(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 wide powers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
encompassing
present participle of encompass
Source: Wiktionary
ENCOMPASS
En*com"pass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encompassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Encompassing.]
Definition: To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. C. J. Smith. The love of all thy sons encompass thee. Tennyson.
Syn.
– To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
13 January 2025
SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
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