inclose
/in'klouz/ Cách viết khác : (inclose) /in'klouz/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To surround or close in on all sides: To form a barrier or boundary around something, often physically.
- To insert or include within something else: To place something inside an envelope, container, or document.
Usage and Examples
- Verb (to surround):
- The ancient walls inclose the old city.
- We plan to inclose the garden with a new fence.
- Verb (to insert/include):
- Please inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your application.
- I will inclose the receipt inside the package.
Advanced Usage and Notes
- Legal/Formal Context: "Inclose" is often used in formal, legal, or archaic texts. In modern everyday English, "enclose" is the far more common spelling for both meanings.
- Past Tense and Participles: The standard forms are inclosed (past simple/past participle) and inclosing (present participle/gerund).
Variants and Related Words
- Enclose (v): The standard modern spelling of "inclose," with identical meanings.
- Inclosure (n): An archaic or legal term for the act of inclosing or something that incloses (e.g., a piece of land). The modern term is "enclosure."
- Enclosure (n): 1. An area that is sealed off or surrounded. 2. Something included with a letter.
Synonyms
- Surround: To be all around something.
- Encircle: To form a circle around.
- Envelop: To wrap up, cover, or surround completely.
- Insert: To put or fit something inside something else.
- Include: To contain as part of a whole.
Antonyms
- Exclude: To deny access or leave out.
- Release: To set free from confinement.
- Open: To make accessible or not closed.
Related Phrases and Usage
- To inclose with: To surround using a specific material.
- The pasture was inclosed with barbed wire.
- To inclose herein: A formal phrase meaning "to include within this document."
- A copy of the contract is inclosed herein.
Verb
- introduce
- Insert your ticket here
- surround completely
- Darkness enclosed him
- They closed in the porch with a fence