Encapsulate
verb
To express the main point of something in a brief way.
He encapsulated the story in a single sentence
Often appears as...
- encapsulate a feeling
- encapsulate a concept
verb
To cover something completely.
Each electronic component is encapsulated in a plastic case.
Often appears as...
- encapsulate an object
- encapsulate in plastic
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To contain something, usually so it can't escape or enter.
The toxic waste was encapsulated and then buried
Often appears as...
- encapsulate waste
- encapsulate bacteria
verb
To express the main point of something in a brief way.
He encapsulated the story in a single sentence
Often appears as...
- encapsulate a feeling
- encapsulate a concept
verb
To cover something completely.
Each electronic component is encapsulated in a plastic case.
Often appears as...
- encapsulate an object
- encapsulate in plastic
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To contain something, usually so it can't escape or enter.
The toxic waste was encapsulated and then buried
Often appears as...
- encapsulate waste
- encapsulate bacteria
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Brief Essential Point
Use 'encapsulate' to summarize something complex succinctly without losing its essential meaning.
The scientist encapsulated her research findings during the presentation.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Detail Overload
Avoid including too many details; 'encapsulate' means conveying only the core point.
Can you encapsulate the plot of the movie without any spoilers?
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Concepts
It's often used for intangible ideas like feelings or concepts, not just tangible stories or events.
Her poem encapsulated the feeling of longing in a way that struck everyone.
Pro Tip 1/3Brief Essential Point
Use 'encapsulate' to summarize something complex succinctly without losing its essential meaning.
The scientist encapsulated her research findings during the presentation.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Detail Overload
Avoid including too many details; 'encapsulate' means conveying only the core point.
Can you encapsulate the plot of the movie without any spoilers?
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Concepts
It's often used for intangible ideas like feelings or concepts, not just tangible stories or events.
Her poem encapsulated the feeling of longing in a way that struck everyone.
Pro Tip 1/3Brief Essential Point
Use 'encapsulate' to summarize something complex succinctly without losing its essential meaning.
The scientist encapsulated her research findings during the presentation.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Detail Overload
Avoid including too many details; 'encapsulate' means conveying only the core point.
Can you encapsulate the plot of the movie without any spoilers?
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Concepts
It's often used for intangible ideas like feelings or concepts, not just tangible stories or events.
Her poem encapsulated the feeling of longing in a way that struck everyone.
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Where does creativity...
So their way of rationalizing that is they are saving the fish from drowning, and unfortunately, in the process the fish die. Now, what's encapsulated in both these drowning metaphors -- actually, one of them is my mother's interpretation, and it is a famous Chinese saying, because she said it to
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Katie Mack: Life-altering...
So each stanza is a tweet. But it sort of encapsulates how I think about the universe. So, yeah, this is the last bit. I want you to believe that the universe is a vast, random, uncaring place in which our species, our world, has absolutely no significance And I want you to believe
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Nizar Ibrahim: Lost...
And this really shows you what this river of giants looked like, a place dominated by predators, giant fish, flying reptiles, and Spinosaurus, the ruler of this strange lost world. So, I will leave you with this beautiful image. You know, for me this encapsulates everything
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Kathryn Schulz: Don't...
that I most didn't want to forget was how important it felt to keep exploring and, simultaneously, how important it is to somehow keep an eye on your own true north. And what I loved about this image of the compass was that I felt like it encapsulated both of these ideas
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Why should you read "Don...
they are merely windmills. Don Quixote is undeterred, but his piercing lance is soon caught in their sails. Never discouraged, the knight stands proudly, and becomes even more convinced of his mission. This sequence encapsulates
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
it's human remains or shoes or coins will be encapsulated in these concretions I mean they're variable treasure chests and one day I get a call from the laboratory and said Barry you better get
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Where Did Pablo...
Picasso's most famous contribution to art history a radical style called cubism with displaced noses and mouths and characteristic irregular forms cubism nicely encapsulated Picasso's
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Sun 101 PIPE National...
Without the sun's gravity these celestial bodies would drift off into deep space Another critical property of the Sun is its magnetic field which encapsulates the entire solar system
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Combatting the decline...
an accomplished speaker if they can skillfully encapsulate proverbs into their speech Africa has over one third of the world's languages a very significant part of our planet's
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Girl's Rite of Passage PIPE...
four-day ceremony encapsulate the Apache creation story - inna will move through the stages of life infant child adolescent woman
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Where does creativity...
So their way of rationalizing that is they are saving the fish from drowning, and unfortunately, in the process the fish die. Now, what's encapsulated in both these drowning metaphors -- actually, one of them is my mother's interpretation, and it is a famous Chinese saying, because she said it to
Video examples
Katie Mack: Life-altering...
So each stanza is a tweet. But it sort of encapsulates how I think about the universe. So, yeah, this is the last bit. I want you to believe that the universe is a vast, random, uncaring place in which our species, our world, has absolutely no significance And I want you to believe
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Nizar Ibrahim: Lost...
And this really shows you what this river of giants looked like, a place dominated by predators, giant fish, flying reptiles, and Spinosaurus, the ruler of this strange lost world. So, I will leave you with this beautiful image. You know, for me this encapsulates everything
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Kathryn Schulz: Don't...
that I most didn't want to forget was how important it felt to keep exploring and, simultaneously, how important it is to somehow keep an eye on your own true north. And what I loved about this image of the compass was that I felt like it encapsulated both of these ideas
Video examples
Why should you read "Don...
they are merely windmills. Don Quixote is undeterred, but his piercing lance is soon caught in their sails. Never discouraged, the knight stands proudly, and becomes even more convinced of his mission. This sequence encapsulates
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
it's human remains or shoes or coins will be encapsulated in these concretions I mean they're variable treasure chests and one day I get a call from the laboratory and said Barry you better get
Video examples
Where Did Pablo...
Picasso's most famous contribution to art history a radical style called cubism with displaced noses and mouths and characteristic irregular forms cubism nicely encapsulated Picasso's
Video examples
Sun 101 PIPE National...
Without the sun's gravity these celestial bodies would drift off into deep space Another critical property of the Sun is its magnetic field which encapsulates the entire solar system
Video examples
Combatting the decline...
an accomplished speaker if they can skillfully encapsulate proverbs into their speech Africa has over one third of the world's languages a very significant part of our planet's
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Girl's Rite of Passage PIPE...
four-day ceremony encapsulate the Apache creation story - inna will move through the stages of life infant child adolescent woman
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Jessica Valenti
American Writer
My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw.
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Irvin D. Yalom
American Psychologist
We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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Chris Claremont
British Writer
What you want to do in a film is encapsulate the characters and the stories into one focused, coherent two-hour time block, and that's sometimes hard to do especially when you have a group as varied and distinctive as the 'X-Men' are.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
The world view of the underdog socialist is encapsulated in the notion that the establishment has mastered the game of reason, judgment and statistics, leaving the left with emotion. Its heart is in the right place.
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Andre Rieu
Dutch Musician
The waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the waltz encapsulates that. If you're in my audience you give yourself to me and the waltz will grab you.
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Tracey Ullman
British Comedian
You become so encapsulated in this world of being a star. People listen to what you say, you have this voice, it becomes unreal and you become far removed from the people you came from.
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Saswata Chatterjee
Like 'Ram Jaane,' 'Mon Churi' also looks at the darker side of life and encapsulates the story of human beings who live on the fringes of society. But the plots are different.
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John Oates
American Musician
Once you've made a record, you don't need to make it again. It's done, and it's out there forever, a moment in time that encapsulates whatever was happening in that moment.
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Ma Jian
Chinese Writer
The great quality of the 'Three Kingdoms' is that it seems to encapsulate and portray every facet of the Chinese personality.
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Tom Hodgkinson
British Writer
The phrase 'work/life balance' encapsulates a depressing outlook.
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Jessica Valenti
American Writer
My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw.
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Irvin D. Yalom
American Psychologist
We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
Quote examples
Chris Claremont
British Writer
What you want to do in a film is encapsulate the characters and the stories into one focused, coherent two-hour time block, and that's sometimes hard to do especially when you have a group as varied and distinctive as the 'X-Men' are.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
The world view of the underdog socialist is encapsulated in the notion that the establishment has mastered the game of reason, judgment and statistics, leaving the left with emotion. Its heart is in the right place.
Quote examples
Andre Rieu
Dutch Musician
The waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the waltz encapsulates that. If you're in my audience you give yourself to me and the waltz will grab you.
Quote examples
Tracey Ullman
British Comedian
You become so encapsulated in this world of being a star. People listen to what you say, you have this voice, it becomes unreal and you become far removed from the people you came from.
Quote examples
Saswata Chatterjee
Like 'Ram Jaane,' 'Mon Churi' also looks at the darker side of life and encapsulates the story of human beings who live on the fringes of society. But the plots are different.
Quote examples
John Oates
American Musician
Once you've made a record, you don't need to make it again. It's done, and it's out there forever, a moment in time that encapsulates whatever was happening in that moment.
Quote examples
Ma Jian
Chinese Writer
The great quality of the 'Three Kingdoms' is that it seems to encapsulate and portray every facet of the Chinese personality.
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Tom Hodgkinson
British Writer
The phrase 'work/life balance' encapsulates a depressing outlook.
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