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Meaning of "enclose" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENCLOSE

enclose  [ɪnˈkləʊz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENCLOSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Enclose 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 enclose in English.

WHAT DOES ENCLOSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Enclosure (disambiguation)

Enclosure is the process of converting common land into private land. Enclosure or enclosed may also refer to: ▪ Enclosure, in agriculture, an area of land used for growing crops or keeping livestock: see field ▪ Enclosure, an area of land separated from surrounding land by earthworks, walls, or fencing ▪ Enclosure, a document or item accompanying a letter ▪ Enclosed alphanumeric, in linguistics ▪ Enclosed country, landlocked country ▪ Enclosed oppidum ▪ Enclosed religious orders, religious orders separated from the external world ▪ Enclosed rhyme ▪ Enclosed embryo, seed ▪ The Enclosure, a 1961 novel by Susan Hill ▪ Enclosure, a 1961 film...

Definition of enclose in the English dictionary

The first definition of enclose in the dictionary is to close; hem in; surround. Other definition of enclose is to surround with or as if with a fence. Enclose is also to put in an envelope or wrapper, esp together with a letter.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENCLOSE

PRESENT

Present
I enclose
you enclose
he/she/it encloses
we enclose
you enclose
they enclose
Present continuous
I am enclosing
you are enclosing
he/she/it is enclosing
we are enclosing
you are enclosing
they are enclosing
Present perfect
I have enclosed
you have enclosed
he/she/it has enclosed
we have enclosed
you have enclosed
they have enclosed
Present perfect continuous
I have been enclosing
you have been enclosing
he/she/it has been enclosing
we have been enclosing
you have been enclosing
they have been enclosing
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 enclosed
you enclosed
he/she/it enclosed
we enclosed
you enclosed
they enclosed
Past continuous
I was enclosing
you were enclosing
he/she/it was enclosing
we were enclosing
you were enclosing
they were enclosing
Past perfect
I had enclosed
you had enclosed
he/she/it had enclosed
we had enclosed
you had enclosed
they had enclosed
Past perfect continuous
I had been enclosing
you had been enclosing
he/she/it had been enclosing
we had been enclosing
you had been enclosing
they had been enclosing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you enclose
we let´s enclose
you enclose
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to enclose
Past participle
enclosed
Present Participle
enclosing
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 ENCLOSE


alpha-cellulose
ˌælfəˈsɛljʊˌləʊz
amylose
ˈæmɪˌləʊz
bellows
ˈbɛləʊz
cellulose
ˈsɛljʊˌləʊz
chloralose
ˈklɔːrələʊz
disclose
dɪsˈkləʊz
disenclose
ˌdɪsɪnˈkləʊz
disinclose
ˌdɪsɪnˈkləʊz
eclose
ɪˈkləʊz
foreclose
fɔːˈkləʊz
gallows
ˈɡæləʊz
inclose
ɪnˈkləʊz
parclose
ˈpɑːˌkləʊz
pilose
ˈpaɪləʊz
reclose
riːˈkləʊz
smallclothes
ˈsmɔːlˌkləʊz
unclose
ʌnˈkləʊz
upclose
ʌpˈkləʊz
xylose
ˈzaɪləʊz
yellows
ˈjɛləʊz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENCLOSE

encircling
Encke
encl.
enclasp
enclave
enclisis
enclitic
enclitically
encloister
enclosable
enclosed
enclosed order
encloser
enclosure
enclosure wall
enclothe
encloud
encodable
encode
encodement

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENCLOSE

ankylose
callose
close
granulose
levulose
lignocellulose
lose
methylcellulose
nitrocellulose
overclose
papulose
radiculose
run close
sabulose
siliculose
sucralose
trehalose
tuberculose
tubulose
up-close

Synonyms and antonyms of enclose in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENCLOSE»

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

Translation of «enclose» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENCLOSE

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

Translator English - Chinese

包围
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cercar
570 millions of speakers

English

enclose
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लगा देना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أرفق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заключите
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cercar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘিরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

entourer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sertakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einschließen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

取り囲む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에워싸여 있다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Enclose
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூடிக்கொள்கிறோம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घेरणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çevrelemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

racchiudere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

załączyć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

укладіть
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anexeze
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περικλείουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sluit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

innesluta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vedlegge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of enclose

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENCLOSE»

The term «enclose» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENCLOSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «enclose» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «enclose» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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8 QUOTES WITH «ENCLOSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word enclose.
1
Paul Cezanne
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
2
Jeffrey Donovan
I actually do my own renovations. I designed and built a 100-foot split-cedar rail fence to enclose my property. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Don't recommend doing it alone. I also built a 100-square-foot back porch. Again, don't recommend doing it alone.
3
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
They are unique in the simplicity, the diversity, the related harmony of the forms of life that they enclose.
4
Peter Kropotkin
Have not prisons - which kill all will and force of character in man, which enclose within their walls more vices than are met with on any other spot of the globe - always been universities of crime?
5
Raymond Loewy
I've been accused of being a shell designer - you start with a machine and enclose it. But in many cases, the shell is essential. A locomotive without a shell would be nonfunctional.
6
John Shelton Reed
Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's boundaries enclose?
7
Helen Rowland
Home is any four walls that enclose the right person.
8
Georg Simmel
The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENCLOSE»

Discover the use of enclose in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to enclose and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Genesis of Metallic Ores and of the Rocks Which Enclose Them
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed.
Brenton Symons, 2012
2
Enclose Management
Torrey Holloway. Enclose Management Enclosed Management Chapter 1 It doesn't matter how hard a 4.
Torrey Holloway
3
Small Buildings, Small Gardens: Creating Gardens Around ...
Take a look at each fence and then at the gardens they enclose or the buildings to which they are attached. What you will see is coherence of style and mood; a unity between fence. garden and related buildings. Look back at figure 5.1 . for ...
Gordon Hayward, 2007
4
The Commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Books II-IV of Euclid's ...
DZ, ZΘ, with double the surface that the two lines DZ, ZL enclose, is equal to the sum of the two squares of the two lines DE, EΘ, with double the surface that the two lines DE, EK enclose. So, because, lo, EK is equal to line KA, and line ZL is ...
Anaritius, Anthony Lo Bello, Rèudiger Arnzen, 2009
5
Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
... lambda enclose morphemes enclose morphophonemes enclose optional elements enclose phonemes enclose distinctive features enclose phonetic segments enclose structural units in a string enclose syntactic features enclose semantic ...
David Crystal, 2011
6
Ebony
D I enclose $2.00 for 7-oz. Jar KOMBO n I enclose $1.00 for 4-oz. Btl. BlacK Rinse D I enclose $3.00 for 14-oz. Jar KOMBO Name Address State. STANHOPE MFG. CO. Deot. 15 1628 West Venice Blvd., Los Angeles 6, Calif. I enclose $1.00 for ...
7
A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the ...
A sorceress, a woman versed in magical arts ; a woman whose beauty or excellencies give irresistible influence. To Enchase, en-tshase. v. a. To infix, to enclose in any other body so as to be held fast, but not concealed. To Encircle, en-ser'kl.
John Walker, 1806
8
Enclose | Build: The Building Envelope - Facade, Wall, Roof
How will the facade evolve as an interface for information? What do viable concepts for environmentally active, energy-efficient building shells look like? This book is an indispensable tool for every architect and planner.
Martin Krammer, Jörg Sturm, Alexander Reichel, 2012
9
Timber Home Living
Deciding how to enclose your timber frame's shell will be one of the most important decisions you'll make. While there aren't many options with a conventionally built home, you can enclose a timber frame any number of ways. Your choices ...
10
Jurisculture: Greece and Rome
You will find that they enclose a solid angle. Put four more together at the apexes and join the two sets at the bases and you have the next regular solid, the octahedron. Five regular triangles will also enclose a solid angle, and fifteen more will ...
Gray L. Dorsey, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENCLOSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term enclose is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Iqaluit mosque fundraiser launched by Islamic Society of Nunavut …
"Hopefully with these funds we will have enough to enclose the building and have the basic amenities but you always need more money to ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
2
Living, working and dying: the literature of occupied Palestine
wound in and out of Palestinian territory in such a way as to enclose the best farming land and water within the Israeli side, a plain and simple ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
3
Fences protect and decorate Northeast Ohio (photos) | cleveland.com
But many fences enclose nothing at all. They're strips that stop partway across a yard, leaving gaps to walk through. They're just for show, not ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
4
Library face-lift discussions moving forward - Prince George Citizen
One option is an estimated $3.9 million project to create an integrated stairwell and elevator with a stop at the plaza level and to enclose the ... «Prince George Citizen, Jul 15»
5
Prawn Wontons And Homemade Plum Sauce Recipe - Taste.com.au
Pinch edges together to enclose filling. Repeat with remaining prawn mixture and wrappers. Add enough oil to a large wok to come 10cm up the side. Step 6. «Taste.com.au, Jul 15»
6
Firefighters gain ground on blaze in Idaho resort area - Reuters …
By Wednesday, however, firefighters had managed to enclose about 35 percent of the blaze's perimeter. Overnight infrared mapping of the fire ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
7
Neurologist should check chronic nerve pain : Lifestyles
Enclose a check or money order for $4.75 with the recipient's printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. Dr. Keith Roach ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
8
Family dog shot, slashed; man arrested
She said the family plans to enclose the kennel to keep Flex from escaping in the future. Right now, though, she said she and Mike are afraid to ... «Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Jul 15»
9
Issue of the day: Jambi University imposes religious requirements …
In January this year, Unja issued a regulation requiring all Muslim students graduating with bachelor and diploma degrees to enclose a letter ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
10
Hiking: Harriman State Park
This fence was built to enclose an area once inhabited by elk brought from Yellowstone National Park in 1919. The elk did not thrive, and the ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»

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