"encapsulate" meaning in English

See encapsulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈkæps(j)ʊˌleɪt/ Audio: en-au-encapsulate.ogg Forms: encapsulates [present, singular, third-person], encapsulating [participle, present], encapsulated [participle, past], encapsulated [past]
Etymology: From en- + capsule + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{af|en|en-|capsule|-ate|id3=verb|pos3=verb-forming suffix}} en- + capsule + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} encapsulate (third-person singular simple present encapsulates, present participle encapsulating, simple past and past participle encapsulated)
  1. (transitive) To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule. Tags: transitive Translations (to enclose as if in a capsule): պատիճավորել (patičavorel) (Armenian), indkapsle (Danish), inkapselen (Dutch), enkapsuligi (Esperanto), kapseloida (Finnish), koteloida (Finnish), encapsuler (French), einkapseln (German), kapseln (German), verkapseln (German), kōpaki (Maori), innkapsle (Norwegian Bokmål), kapsle inn (Norwegian Bokmål), kapsle inn (Norwegian Nynorsk), encapsular (Portuguese), embrulhar (Portuguese), încapsula (Romanian), capsula (Romanian), kapsla in (Swedish), inkapsla (Swedish), капсулюва́ти (kapsuljuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-encapsulate-en-verb-uQEa5zfG Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 17 28 27 28 Disambiguation of 'to enclose as if in a capsule': 44 1 28 27
  2. (transitive) To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary. Tags: transitive Translations (to epitomize): 概括 (gàikuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 梗概 (gěnggài) (Chinese Mandarin), sammenfatte (Danish), samle (Danish), tiivistää (Finnish), kiteyttää (Finnish), zusammenfassen (German), 요약하다 (yoyakhada) (Korean), 집약하다 (jibyakhada) (Korean), sammenfatte (Norwegian), resumir (Portuguese), sintetizar (Portuguese), epitomizar (Portuguese), sammanfatta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-encapsulate-en-verb-MtJ7rSNN Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en-, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 17 28 27 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 9 14 40 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 11 39 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 3 11 43 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 11 39 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 10 39 41 Disambiguation of 'to epitomize': 3 87 5 5
  3. (software, object-oriented programming) To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes. Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming, Software Translations (object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface): ներպարունակել (nerparunakel) (Armenian), 封装 (fēngzhuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), inkapselen (Dutch), enkapsuligi (Esperanto), encapsuler (French), kapseln (German), hjúpa (Icelandic), инкапсули́ровать (inkapsulírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), інкапсулюва́ти (inkapsuljuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-encapsulate-en-verb-wAvCN8k1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 44 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 17 28 27 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 9 14 40 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 11 39 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 9 41 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 7 43 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 5 9 44 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 3 11 43 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 11 39 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 6 8 42 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 10 39 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 9 41 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 9 43 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 6 10 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 3 46 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 9 44 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 8 42 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 8 43 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 5 9 42 43 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software Disambiguation of 'object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface': 17 1 56 26
  4. (networking) To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol. Categories (topical): Networking Translations (networking: to enclose data in packets): kapseln (German)
    Sense id: en-encapsulate-en-verb-4lN~i~th Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 44 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 17 28 27 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 9 14 40 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 11 39 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 9 41 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 7 43 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 5 9 44 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 3 11 43 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 11 39 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 6 8 42 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 10 39 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 9 41 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 9 43 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 6 10 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 3 46 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 9 44 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 5 9 42 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 8 42 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 8 43 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 5 9 42 43 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'networking: to enclose data in packets': 21 1 19 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incapsulate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "요약하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jibyakhada",
      "sense": "to epitomize",
      "word": "집약하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to epitomize",
      "word": "sammenfatte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to epitomize",
      "word": "resumir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to epitomize",
      "word": "sintetizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to epitomize",
      "word": "epitomizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to epitomize",
      "word": "sammanfatta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nerparunakel",
      "sense": "object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface",
      "word": "ներպարունակել"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēngzhuāng",
      "sense": "object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface",
      "word": "封装"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface",
      "word": "inkapselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface",
      "word": "enkapsuligi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface",
      "word": "encapsuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface",
      "word": "kapseln"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface",
      "word": "hjúpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "inkapsulírovatʹ",
      "sense": "object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "инкапсули́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "inkapsuljuváty",
      "sense": "object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "інкапсулюва́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "networking: to enclose data in packets",
      "word": "kapseln"
    }
  ],
  "word": "encapsulate"
}

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