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PRONUNCIATION OF ENGULFMENT

engulfment  [ɪnˈɡʌlfmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENGULFMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Engulfment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENGULFMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of engulfment in the English dictionary

The definition of engulfment in the dictionary is the act of engulfing or the state of being engulfed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENGULFMENT


advertisement
ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt
agreement
əˈɡriːmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
assessment
əˈsɛsmənt
department
dɪˈpɑːtmənt
development
dɪˈvɛləpmənt
document
ˈdɒkjʊmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
enfeoffment
ɪnˈfiːfmənt
engagement
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt
enserfment
ɪnˈsɜːfmənt
entertainment
ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt
environment
ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt
equipment
ɪˈkwɪpmənt
feoffment
ˈfiːfmənt
government
ˈɡʌvənmənt
improvement
ɪmˈpruːvmənt
ingulfment
ɪnˈɡʌlfmənt
vouchsafement
ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪfmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENGULFMENT

engrammic
engrasp
engrave
engraved
engraver
engravery
engraving
engraving plate
engrenage
engrieve
engroove
engross
engrossed
engrossedly
engrossing
engrossingly
engrossment
enguard
engulf
engyscope

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENGULFMENT

announcement
appointment
argument
arrangement
attachment
basement
comment
commitment
enforcement
experiment
implement
management
moment
movement
payment
replacement
statement
the moment
tournament
treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of engulfment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «engulfment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENGULFMENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

吞噬
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inmersión
570 millions of speakers

English

engulfment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घिराव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

охвате
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

engulfment
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

engulfment
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

engloutissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Engulfment
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Einwirkung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

飲み込み
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

말림
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Engulfment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

engulfment
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விழுங்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घुसणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yutulma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

engulfment
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zatopienia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

охопленні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

engulfment
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περικύκλωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

engulfment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omvälvning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

engulfment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of engulfment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENGULFMENT»

The term «engulfment» is regularly used and occupies the 95.523 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENGULFMENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENGULFMENT»

Discover the use of engulfment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to engulfment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Backboards & Blackboards: College Athletics and Role Engulfment
In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive ...
Patricia A. Adler, 1991
2
When Love Meets Fear: How to Become Defense-less and ...
FEARS OF ABANDONMENT AND ENGULFMENT Two familiar fears arise in the context of intimacy. The fear of giving is the same as the fear of commitment and of showing love. The fear of receiving is the fear of being loved, which, as we ...
David Richo, 1997
3
Protein Localization and Peptidoglycan Hydrolysis During ...
Although engulfment is an essential part of the spore formation pathway of B. subtilis, it has remained unclear how this phagocytosis-like process occurs. Therefore, my goal was to gain a better understanding of the cellular components and ...
Stefan Denis Aung, 2007
4
Perspectives on Self-deception
18. MIMETIC. ENGULFMENT. AND. SELF-DECEPTION. Bruce Wilshire By mimetic engulfinent I mean a situation in which humans imitate each other undeliberately. It is reported that infants only two weeks old learn rapidly to imitate adults' ...
Brian P. McLaughlin, Amélie Rorty, 1988
5
Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
Specularity. and. engulfment. Francis. Ford. Coppola. and. Bram. Stoker's. Dracula. Thomas. Elsaesser. New. Hollywood. When looking to define post- classical Hollvwood, one could do worse than take the current American cinema's most ...
Stephen Neale, Murray Smith, 1998
6
Confined Space Entry and Emergency Response
Engulfment does not occur, electricity moving through the body generates heat that burns tissues on the path of current flow. Wet surfaces enhance the risk of electrical shock as they serve as additional conductors. Rescuers who touch a victim ...
D. Alan Veasey, Lisa Craft McCormick, Barbara M. Hilyer, 2005
7
Critical and Dialectical Phenomenology
As engulfment increases, the clarity and degree of individuation of individual self decreases. Depth of self- deception should be directly proportional to this decreased individuation, and by depth I mean the degree of difficulty of breaking the ...
Donn Welton, Hugh J. Silverman, 1987
8
Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments
Lysosomes containing digestive enzymes Entrapment Engulfment Food particle Pseudopods (a) FIGURE 8.45 Phagocytosis. (a) Schematic diagram of the steps in the engulfment, digestion, and absorption of materials taken into an amoeba ...
Gerald Karp, 2009
9
The Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome: What to Do If Someone in Your ...
At the core of all these feelings and behaviors are the twin fears of abandonment and engulfment. Those who suffer from BPD or have strong borderline tendencies almost always experienced some form of abandonment when they were ...
Beverly Engel, 2011
10
How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to ...
We fear the perilous givens of relating: betrayal, hurt,love,confrontation of egos, self-disclosure, abandonment, and engulfment. The last two of these are the central fears in relationships. Engulfment or Abandonment To fear engulfment means ...
David Richo, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENGULFMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term engulfment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Seattle Employer Fined More Than $215000 for Workplace Safety …
Confined space hazards can include suffocation, toxic atmospheres, engulfment, entrapment and other dangerous conditions. These incidents ... «ClaimsJournal.com, Jul 15»
2
Key West Fire Department trying to raise money for grain rescue …
Being in a community that has a large number of grain storage structures, Arnold says the likelihood of a grain engulfment emergency is high. «Radio Iowa, Jul 15»
3
The confined spaces in construction standard: Are you ready?
The rules are intended to protect construction workers against hazards that include exposure to toxic substances, electrocution, engulfment, ... «Safety.BLR.com, Jul 15»
4
Industrial Container Services Fights Citations, $215000 Fine for …
Confined space hazards include suffocation, toxic atmospheres, engulfment, entrapment and other dangerous conditions. These incidents are ... «EHS Today, Jul 15»
5
NATO at the Crossroads of Warsaw
Nonetheless, NATO enlargement has always been seen by Moscow as essentially a policy of engulfment and quintessentially aggressive. «New Europe, Jul 15»
6
Ohio agriculture stepping up to address grain bin safety
Over the past 50 years, more than 900 cases of grain engulfment have been reported, and the fatality rate is 62%. With a 10-inch auger, it takes ... «Ohio's Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net, Jul 15»
7
Seattle employer fined more than $215000 for serious safety and …
Confined space hazards can include suffocation, toxic atmospheres, engulfment, entrapment and other dangerous conditions. These incidents ... «Access Washington, Jul 15»
8
OSHA'S New Rule Increases Protection to Construction Workers in …
After this pre-entry planning is conducted, employers must continually monitor the confined space for air contaminant and engulfment hazards. «JD Supra, Jul 15»
9
Hampshire apple farm boss sentenced for two counts of manslaughter
... reduction of oxygen within the bloodstream) caused by environmental hypoxia (sudden engulfment in an atmosphere depleted of oxygen). «Eagle Radio, Jun 15»
10
OSU to hold grain bin rescue demonstration
... by the Ohio Fire Academy in its agricultural rescue direct-delivery training modules to educate first responders on grain bin engulfment. «Ohio's Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net, Jun 15»

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