all-embracing

2 definitions found

all-embracing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

all-embracing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  all-embracing
      adj 1: 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-embracing, all-encompassing,
             all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
             extensive, panoptic, wide]