All-embracing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  all-embracing \all-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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  all-embracing
       adj : 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"
             [syn: {across-the-board}, {all-encompassing}, {all-inclusive},
              {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {encompassing}, {panoptic}, {wide}]