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Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives.
Diane Ackerman

Meaning of "encircle" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENCIRCLE

encircle  [ɪnˈsɜːkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENCIRCLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Encircle is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb encircle in English.

WHAT DOES ENCIRCLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of encircle in the English dictionary

The definition of encircle in the dictionary is to form a circle around; enclose within a circle; surround.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENCIRCLE

PRESENT

Present
I encircle
you encircle
he/she/it encircles
we encircle
you encircle
they encircle
Present continuous
I am encircling
you are encircling
he/she/it is encircling
we are encircling
you are encircling
they are encircling
Present perfect
I have encircled
you have encircled
he/she/it has encircled
we have encircled
you have encircled
they have encircled
Present perfect continuous
I have been encircling
you have been encircling
he/she/it has been encircling
we have been encircling
you have been encircling
they have been encircling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I encircled
you encircled
he/she/it encircled
we encircled
you encircled
they encircled
Past continuous
I was encircling
you were encircling
he/she/it was encircling
we were encircling
you were encircling
they were encircling
Past perfect
I had encircled
you had encircled
he/she/it had encircled
we had encircled
you had encircled
they had encircled
Past perfect continuous
I had been encircling
you had been encircling
he/she/it had been encircling
we had been encircling
you had been encircling
they had been encircling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will encircle
you will encircle
he/she/it will encircle
we will encircle
you will encircle
they will encircle
Future continuous
I will be encircling
you will be encircling
he/she/it will be encircling
we will be encircling
you will be encircling
they will be encircling
Future perfect
I will have encircled
you will have encircled
he/she/it will have encircled
we will have encircled
you will have encircled
they will have encircled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been encircling
you will have been encircling
he/she/it will have been encircling
we will have been encircling
you will have been encircling
they will have been encircling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would encircle
you would encircle
he/she/it would encircle
we would encircle
you would encircle
they would encircle
Conditional continuous
I would be encircling
you would be encircling
he/she/it would be encircling
we would be encircling
you would be encircling
they would be encircling
Conditional perfect
I would have encircle
you would have encircle
he/she/it would have encircle
we would have encircle
you would have encircle
they would have encircle
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been encircling
you would have been encircling
he/she/it would have been encircling
we would have been encircling
you would have been encircling
they would have been encircling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you encircle
we let´s encircle
you encircle
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to encircle
Past participle
encircled
Present Participle
encircling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENCIRCLE


anisocercal
ænˌaɪsəʊˈsɜːkəl
cercal
ˈsɜːkəl
circle
ˈsɜːkəl
circumcircle
ˈsɜːkəmˌsɜːkəl
debacle
deɪˈbɑːkəl
diphycercal
ˌdɪfɪˈsɜːkəl
ducal
ˈdjuːkəl
fecal
ˈfiːkəl
furcal
ˈfɜːkəl
heterocercal
ˌhɛtərəʊˈsɜːkəl
homocercal
ˌhəʊməʊˈsɜːkəl
leptocercal
ˌlɛptəʊˈsɜːkəl
Merkel
ˈmɜːkəl
novercal
nəʊˈvɜːkəl
patriarchal
ˌpeɪtrɪˈɑːkəl
recircle
riːˈsɜːkəl
semicircle
ˈsɛmɪˌsɜːkəl
snorkel
ˈsnɔːkəl
sparkle
ˈspɑːkəl
Trakl
ˈtrɑːkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENCIRCLE

enchondromatous
enchorial
enchoric
encierro
encina
encinal
encincture
encipher
encipherer
encipherment
encirclement
encircling
Encke
encl.
enclasp
enclave
enclisis
enclitic
enclitically
encloister

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENCIRCLE

Arctic Circle
come full circle
crop circle
dress circle
family circle
golden circle
great circle
half-circle
inner circle
Magic Circle
pitch circle
small circle
social circle
squared circle
stone circle
traffic circle
tubercle
turning circle
vicious circle
virtuous circle
winner´s circle

Synonyms and antonyms of encircle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENCIRCLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «encircle» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of encircle

Translation of «encircle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENCIRCLE

Find out the translation of encircle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of encircle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «encircle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

环绕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rodear
570 millions of speakers

English

encircle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घेरना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تطويق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

окружить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

circundar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেষ্টন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

entourer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengelilingi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

umgeben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

取り囲む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에워싸다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Encircle
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bao vây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுற்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घेरणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuşatmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

circondare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

otaczać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оточити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înconjura
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περικυκλώνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

omring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omringa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

omringe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of encircle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENCIRCLE»

The term «encircle» is regularly used and occupies the 75.467 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENCIRCLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about encircle

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5 QUOTES WITH «ENCIRCLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word encircle.
1
Diane Ackerman
Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives.
2
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.
3
Dennis Kucinich
I am running for President of the United States to enable the Goddess of Peace to encircle within her arms all the children of this country and all the children of the world.
4
Nalini Nadkarni
If trees can create art, if they can encircle the globe seven times in one year, if prisoners can grow plants and raise frogs, then perhaps there are other static entities that we hold inside ourselves, like grief, like addictions, like racism, that can also change.
5
Huey Newton
The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENCIRCLE»

Discover the use of encircle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to encircle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran--A Journey Behind the Headlines
Based on more than thirty extended reporting trips to Iran, including the turbulent aftermath of the disputed June 2009 election, Scott Peterson’s portrait is the definitive guide to this enigmatic nation, from the roots of its incendiary ...
Scott Peterson, 2010
2
2012 Standard Catalog of World Coins - 1901-2000
Dual Denomination Coinage KM# 293 2.8 ECUS-2 POUNDS Copper-Nickel Ruler: Elizabeth II Obv: Crowned bust right Rev: Knight on horsebackjumping left, stars encircle Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1992 — — — — 12.50 14.50 KM# 87 ...
George S. Cuhaj, Thomas Michael, 2011
3
Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years
In 1970 Serra rejected the option of a city park as a potential site for To Encircle Base Plate Hexagram, Right Angles Inverted (1970; plate 53), preferring instead to negotiate with the city fot a location on a street in the Bronx, even at the risk that ...
Kynaston McShine, Richard Serra, 2007
4
The Unrorean: Broadside the Aurorean's Alter Ego
An anthology of poems from various poets printed on two sides of a sheet.
Encircle Publications, 2007
5
Essays on the Foundations of Mathematics by Moritz Pasch
Our rigid composite is an example of a body with a “hole.” We can use such a body to “encircle” other bodies. When we encircle an extended body, we might encircle one or more of its parts (relative to some partition). A body can have several ...
Moritz Pasch, Stephen Pollard, 2010
6
Ganapati: Song of the Self
The first one to encircle the world three times and return back here will be declared the winner." Karttikeya immediately jumped onto the back of his vehicle, the peacock, and flew off. He stopped only at sacred spots along the way and offered ...
John A. Grimes, 1995
7
I Am Timour, World Conqueror: Autobiography of a 14th ...
As a result of his retreat, I realized that we had triumphed in the two flanks, and I signaled to my two flank commanders via flags that they should attempt to encircle the enemy's center quickly. For them to understand the reason for my orders, ...
‎2009
8
How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology
[YYJHLJS 1.226–227]秦淮雜詩(Qín huái zá shī) year come dream encircle ten day dense spring intestine Qin- rain mist scene break huai silk Mo- water wind like ling above wisp remnant boat pavilion inside autumn 濃春煙景似殘秋十日 雨絲風 ...
Zong-qi Cai, 2013
9
The Grove of the Eumenides: Essays on Literature, Criticism, ...
The main tool used for the attempt has been language, which has merely resulted in ever-increasingly sophistic constructs that encircle and encircle and encircle what cannot be known or contained. By declaring in Unattainable Earth that the ...
Frederick Glaysher
10
Tamil Geographies: Cultural Constructions of Space and Place ...
The goddess temple processions encircle specifically that residential part of the village in which the dominant village people live. Musicians, dancers possessed by the goddess, relatives of the dancers, and vow givers and their affines all walk  ...
Selby

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENCIRCLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term encircle is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How Will We Meet the Energy Demands of the Coming Megacities?
Collectors could encircle the moon at its equator, and the transmitting antennas could be at the poles. 5. Relay satellites could be built at the L4 ... «Singularity Hub, Jul 15»
2
Ali Baba and the 300 hostages: the kidnappers who prey on …
... hills that encircle us. Men and women carrying babies, pulling their children, spurred onwards by poverty and war, faces scorched by the sun. «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Mount St. Helens guided hike offers a rare look at famous volcano
And the entire mile-wide crater is large enough to encircle all of downtown Portland. There's another feature inside the crater that's often ... «The Idaho Statesman, Jul 15»
4
DS Divine concept driven – the future of French luxury cars?
... from the bonnet through to the ultra-slim mirrors, and their counterparts at the rear that encircle the rear lights and dive down the car's flanks. «Evo, Jul 15»
5
Law firm staff hit the heights in honour of colleague Mark
These peaks form part of the Pennine range, and encircle the head of the valley of the River Ribble in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. «Torquay Herald Express, Jul 15»
6
Nine Elms: two-bedroom flats for first-time buyers amid London's …
Almost 2,000 of the new homes are being built by developer Ballymore on a site that will encircle the landmark new American embassy ... «Homes and Property, Jul 15»
7
Hump(b)ACKs
They were recently discovered to use am ingenious “bubble net” technique to encircle fish that they drive into the net in order to herd large ... «Yesterday's Island/Today's Nantucket, Jul 15»
8
David Rasper
Fighting a fire is about flanking and teamwork: Crews try to get around it, trying to sneak up behind and encircle the blaze. Bulldozers and ... «Santa Maria Sun, Jul 15»
9
Cyber security: banks battle to keep up with online threats
Thorburn noted that NAB's security net had to encircle 43,000 employees. “What if one of them puts something on a USB stick, walks out, ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
10
The flip side of America's foreign 'democratic' interventions & anti …
... to both sides and then encircle, invade or occupy nations in bids to further acquire profit and expand imperial domination, the mighty nation of ... «Lankaweb, Jul 15»

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