enclose
pronunciation
How to pronounce enclose in British English:
UK [ɪnˈkləʊz]
How to pronounce enclose in American English:
US [ɪnˈkloʊz]
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- Verb:
- enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- close in or confine
- surround completely
- introduce
Word Origin
- enclose
- enclose: see include
- enclose (v.)
- early 14c., from en- (1) + close, and partially from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore "surround; confine; contain." Specific sense of "to fence in waste or common ground" for the purpose of cultivation or to give it to private owners is from c. 1500. Meaning "place a document with a letter for transmission" is from 1707. Related: Enclosed; enclosing.
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Example
- 1. Enclose your cottage garden with a picket fence or a natural stone wall .
- 2. We enclose our sales contract no. 45 in duplicate .
- 3. We enclose a brochure and a sample cutting booklet .
- 4. Choking from the tear gas fired into the crowd , some hoisted sledgehammers to smash up the pavement in order to hurl broken slabs over improvised barricades that now enclose a makeshift camp .
- 5. Why did you enclose the stamps ?