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all-embracing

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all-em·brac·ing (ôlm-brsng)
adj.
Applying to or including everything: an all-embracing definition of art.
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Adj.1.all-embracingall-embracing - 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"
comprehensive - including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"
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Spanish all-embracing [ˈɔːləmˈbreɪsɪŋ] adjuniversal
French all-embracing [ˈɔːlɪmˈbreɪsɪŋ] adjuniversel(le)
German all-embracing [ˈɔːlɪmˈbreɪsɪŋ] adj(all)umfassend
Italian all-embracing [ˈɔːlɪmˈbreɪsɪŋ] adjuniversale

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Mixed Nuts: America's Love Affair With Comedy Teams From Burns And Allen to Belushi and Aykroyd isn't the typical biography of a single comedy act but an all-embracing set of memoirs of America's love affair with comedy teams as a whole, from Belushi and Aykroyd to Burns and Allen.
Mixed Nuts: America's Love Affair With Comedy Teams From Burns And Allen to Belushi and Aykroyd isn't the typical biography of a single comedy act but an all-embracing set of memoirs of America's love affair with comedy teams as a whole, from Belushi and Aykroyd to Burns and Allen.
"The Institute has concluded that there is insufficient market demand for an all-embracing qualification of the sort proposed and that the business plan is unviable," states Grenville Johnston, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Scotland.
 
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