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encapsulate

[ en-kap-suh-leyt, -syoo- ]

verb (used with object)

, en·cap·su·lat·ed, en·cap·su·lat·ing.
  1. to place in or as if in a capsule.
  2. to summarize or condense.


verb (used without object)

, en·cap·su·lat·ed, en·cap·su·lat·ing.
  1. to become enclosed in or as if in a capsule.

encapsulate

/ ɪnˈkæpsjʊˌleɪt /

verb

  1. to enclose or be enclosed in or as if in a capsule
  2. tr to sum up in a short or concise form; condense; abridge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • enˌcapsuˈlation, noun
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Other Words From

  • en·cap·su·la·tion [en-kap-s, uh, -, ley, -sh, uh, n, -sy, oo, -], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of encapsulate1

First recorded in 1860–65; en- 1 + capsulate
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Example Sentences

The term has been in popular use for little more than a decade, but the ideas it encapsulates have been around for a lifetime.

Those figures encapsulate the hit his small business, Samovar Tea, has taken in revenues, employee count, and number of stores open, respectively.

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The meaning of trust for Google’s local results was expanded to encapsulate the security and well-being of its searchers through the transactional environment itself.

The challenge embraced a one-two formula for accelerating scientific progress, most recently encapsulated by research into Covid-19.

Altogether, the dataset provided nearly 1,100 hours of EEG recordings from almost 700 patients, which encapsulated more than 3,500 seizure events.

Much of the credit goes to the actors, who all fully encapsulate their roles.

There are few recordings in any genre that more perfectly encapsulate the sheer joy of singing.

This week, books that encapsulate the enthusiasm of youth and the battered truth of age, from Danielewski to Daniel Mendelsohn.

This Noah Smith post on poverty in Japan seems to encapsulate it pretty well.

Today's cameras-from the disposables to the fully automated-encapsulate everything we have to know to operate them.

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What does encapsulate mean?

To encapsulate figuratively means to summarize or condense, as in Rhia encapsulated the three-hour lecture into a 20-minute video.

When you encapsulate something, you can still see the clear vision of what is being summarized but in a shorter time or with less effort. Movie trailers should encapsulate the movie (without giving away the ending, thank you very much). And when you use multiple skills to create something, such as a product, you could that product encapsulates your talents.

To encapsulate literally means to place in a capsule or as if in a capsule, such as a dose of medicine placed inside a gelatinous case.

Example: This interview really encapsulates the feelings that most of our patients have toward the new treatment.

Where does encapsulate come from?

The first records of the term encapsulate come from around the 1860s. It combines the prefix en, which forms verbs with a meaning of “to cause to be in,” and the term capsulate, meaning “enclosed in or formed in a capsule.”

Encapsulate is used within several scientific fields. This includes biology, where a capsule most often refers to a layer of slime found surrounding certain bacterial cells.

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How is encapsulate used in real life?

In the scientific fields, encapsulate often in a literal sense. Outside of science, it is almost always used figuratively.

 

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When you encapsulate a report, you summarize it, including the most important points.

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