"encircle" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈsɝkl̩/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encircle.wav Forms: encircles [present, singular, third-person], encircling [participle, present], encircled [participle, past], encircled [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kəl Etymology: From en- + circle. Etymology templates: {{af|en|en-|circle}} en- + circle Head templates: {{en-verb}} encircle (third-person singular simple present encircles, present participle encircling, simple past and past participle encircled)
  1. (transitive) To surround, form a circle around. Tags: transitive Translations (surround): κυκλόω (kuklóō) (Ancient Greek), ntsircljedz (Aromanian), обкръжавам (obkrǎžavam) (Bulgarian), encerclar (Catalan), 包圍 (Chinese Mandarin), 包围 (bāowéi) (Chinese Mandarin), 環繞 (Chinese Mandarin), 环绕 (huánrào) (Chinese Mandarin), omsingelen (Dutch), ĉirkaŭi (Esperanto), ympäröidä (Finnish), saartaa (Finnish), encercler [feminine] (French), cenzi (Friulian), cercenâ (Friulian), circundâ (Friulian), contornâ (Friulian), cercar (Galician), umzingeln (German), einfassen (German), körbevesz (Hungarian), encirkligar (Ido), ciorclaigh (Irish), timpeallaigh (Irish), accerchiare (Italian), circondare (Italian), contornare (Italian), cingere (Italian), circumdō (Latin), ᡨᠣᡵᡥᠣᠮᠪᡳ (torhombi) (Manchu), whakatāewa (note: as an enemy) (Maori), whawhe (Maori), awhe (Maori), ponitaka (Maori), tarawhiti (Maori), тойруулах (tojruulax) (Mongolian), چنبرلمك (çemberlemek) (Ottoman Turkish), صارمق (sarmak) (Ottoman Turkish), فراگیری (farâgiri) (Persian), محاصره (mohâsere) (Persian), okrążać [imperfective] (Polish), okrążyć [perfective] (Polish), otaczać [imperfective] (Polish), otoczyć [perfective] (Polish), cercar (Portuguese), înconjura (Romanian), încercui (Romanian), împresura (Romanian), окружа́ть (okružátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), окружи́ть (okružítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi) (Sanskrit), cuairtich (Scottish Gaelic), okružiti (Serbo-Croatian), zaokružiti (Serbo-Croatian), rodear (Spanish), గిరికొను (girikonu) (Telugu), చుట్టుకొను (cuṭṭukonu) (Telugu), ото́чувати (otóčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), оточи́ти (otočýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), cylchu (Welsh), amgylchynu (Welsh)
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  2. (transitive) To move or go around completely. Tags: transitive Translations (to move or go around completely): taiāwhio (Maori), فراگرفتن (farâgeregtan) (Persian), محاصره کردن (mohâsere kardan) (Persian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: circulize Derived forms: encirclement

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "గిరికొను"
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          "word": "చుట్టుకొను"
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        "(transitive) To move or go around completely."
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      "word": "ntsircljedz"
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      "sense": "surround",
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      "word": "环绕"
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      "word": "omsingelen"
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      "word": "ĉirkaŭi"
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      "word": "ympäröidä"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "saartaa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fur",
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      "sense": "surround",
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      "word": "umzingeln"
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      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "einfassen"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "körbevesz"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "encirkligar"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "ciorclaigh"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "timpeallaigh"
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      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "accerchiare"
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      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "circondare"
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      "word": "cingere"
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      "word": "whakatāewa"
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      "word": "awhe"
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      "word": "چنبرلمك"
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      "word": "صارمق"
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      "sense": "surround",
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      "sense": "surround",
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      "word": "otoczyć"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "cercar"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "înconjura"
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      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "încercui"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "împresura"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "roman": "veveṣṭi",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "वेवेष्टि"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "cuairtich"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "okružiti"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "zaokružiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "rodear"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "girikonu",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "గిరికొను"
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "cuṭṭukonu",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "చుట్టుకొను"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "otóčuvaty",
      "sense": "surround",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "otočýty",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "оточи́ти"
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      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "cylchu"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "amgylchynu"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move or go around completely",
      "word": "taiāwhio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "farâgeregtan",
      "sense": "to move or go around completely",
      "word": "فراگرفتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mohâsere kardan",
      "sense": "to move or go around completely",
      "word": "محاصره کردن"
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  "word": "encircle"
}

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