encapsulate
/ɪnˈkæps(j)ʊˌleɪt/
encapsulate verb: to enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
Verb
encapsulate (third-person singular simple present encapsulates, present participle encapsulating, simple past and past participle encapsulated)
- To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
- At a rate of six inches a year, the salt closes in on the waste and encapsulates it for what engineers say will be millions of years.2014 February 9, Matthew L. Wald, “Nuclear Waste Solution Seen in Desert Salt Beds”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, retrieved 14 Jun 2014
- To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
- It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal ...2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August”, in The Daily Telegraph (UK), archived from the original on 27 Apr 2021
- To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
- To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
encapsulate meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
encapsulate in Bengali
- ডেটাকে প্যাকেটে আবদ্ধ করা
encapsulate in Malayalam
- sum up, summarize, give the gist of
- ഗുളികപ്രായത്തിലാക്കുക, സംഗ്രഹിക്കുക, സംക്ഷേപിക്കുക, ചുരുക്കിപ്പറയുക, ചുരുക്കം വാക്കുകളിലൊതുക്കുക, രത്നച്ചരുക്കം പറയുക
- enclose, encase, contain
- കോശത്തിൽ ഒതുക്കുക, അടക്കംചെയ്യുക, ചുറ്റിക്കെട്ടുക, ലക്കോട്ടിനുള്ളിലാക്കുക, പ്രവേശിപ്പിക്കുക, ഉള്ളടക്കംചെയ്യുക
encapsulate in Kannada
- ಕುಗ್ಗಿಸು, ಅಡಕಮಾಡು, ಸುರುಳ್ಚು
Examples of encapsulate in a sentence
- These terms encapsulate how society often exaggerates male power and aggression while minimizing female agency and violence.
- Although the more experimental edge encapsulated this darkness, the DJ-led sound called for simplicity.
- The "projectile" is composed of tungsten powder encapsulated by a traditional copper jacket.
Forms of encapsulate
| third-person singular present | encapsulates |
|---|---|
| present participle | encapsulating |
| past participle | encapsulated |
| past | encapsulated |
| alternative form | incapsulate |
Origin of encapsulate
From en- + capsule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words formed from encapsulate
Questions about encapsulate
- What does encapsulate mean?
- Encapsulate means to enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
- What is encapsulate in Bengali?
- Encapsulate in Bengali is ডেটাকে প্যাকেটে আবদ্ধ করা. See Encapsulate meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is encapsulate?
- Encapsulate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce encapsulate?
- Encapsulate is pronounced /ɪnˈkæps(j)ʊˌleɪt/.
- What is the past tense of encapsulate?
- The past tense of encapsulate is encapsulated.
Words near encapsulate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: encapsulate (page history and authors); encapsulate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); encapsulate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); encapsulate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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