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circundar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beset verb To trouble or threaten from many directions at once, especially with difficulties or dangers.
  • encompass verb To include a wide range of things as part of a single whole.
  • surround verb To be positioned on all sides of something; to encircle.

Senses

circundar is used for these senses in English:

  • beset (transitive) To surround or hem in.
  • encompass (transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.
  • encompass (transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
  • surround (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

beset — full definition

  1. verb To trouble or threaten from many directions at once, especially with difficulties or dangers.
  2. verb To surround or hem something in on all sides.

encompass — full definition

  1. verb To include a wide range of things as part of a single whole.
  2. verb To surround or enclose something completely.

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