MEANING
1. To convey the essential features of something briefly.
2. To enclose material inside a capsule, coating, or protective boundary.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- encapsulate an argument
- encapsulate a dilemma
On the page
The closing paragraph encapsulates the report's central dilemma.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- encapsulate
- Past tense
- encapsulated
- Past participle
- encapsulated
- Present participle
- encapsulating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- encapsulate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are encapsulating
- Present perfect
- have/has encapsulated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been encapsulating
- Past
- encapsulated
- Past continuous
- was/were encapsulating
- Past perfect
- had encapsulated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been encapsulating
- Future
- will encapsulate
- Future continuous
- will be encapsulating
- Future perfect
- will have encapsulated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been encapsulating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: encapsulate; encapsulates; encapsulated; encapsulated; encapsulating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: encapsulates.
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