enclose
verb/ɪnˈkləʊz/
/ɪnˈkləʊz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enclose | /ɪnˈkləʊz/ /ɪnˈkləʊz/ |
| he / she / it encloses | /ɪnˈkləʊzɪz/ /ɪnˈkləʊzɪz/ |
| past simple enclosed | /ɪnˈkləʊzd/ /ɪnˈkləʊzd/ |
| past participle enclosed | /ɪnˈkləʊzd/ /ɪnˈkləʊzd/ |
| -ing form enclosing | /ɪnˈkləʊzɪŋ/ /ɪnˈkləʊzɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to build a wall, fence, etc. around something
- be enclosed (with something) The yard had been enclosed with iron railings.
- be enclosed in something (figurative) All translated words should be enclosed in brackets.
Extra Examples- The ring is enclosed in a plastic case.
- The garden was enclosed by a wooden fence.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- fully
- totally
- …
- in
- within
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- enclose something (especially of a wall, fence, etc.) to surround something
- Low hedges enclosed the flower beds.
- (figurative) She felt his arms enclose her.
- [usually passive] (in England in the past) to build a wall or fence around common (= public) land and make it private property
- be enclosed The land was enclosed in the seventeenth century.
- enclose something (with something) to put something in the same envelope, package, etc. as something else
- Please return the completed form, enclosing a recent photograph.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘shut in, imprison’): from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore, based on Latin includere ‘shut in’.
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