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encapsulateto express or summarize the essential features of something

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to express or summarize the essential features of something

Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪnˈkæpsjəleɪt/

Korean meaning: 요약하다, 함축하다

Korean pronunciation: 인**캡**슐레이트

Example Sentences

  • His entire philosophy can be encapsulated in three words: 'Just do it.'
  • The new software encapsulates complex algorithms in a user-friendly interface.
  • Her diary perfectly encapsulated the anxiety of teenage years in just five pages.

encapsulate

VERB

//ɪnˈkæpsjəleɪt//

to express or summarize the essential features of something

encapsulate concept
💡 Concept

The presenter encapsulates complex data into a simple clear diagram

encapsulate rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Calculate the data, then articulate to encapsulate!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ɪnˈkæpsjəleɪt/
🇬🇧 UK/ɪnˈkæpsjəleɪt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixen--
Rootcapsul
Suffix--ate

Origin

From Latin 'capsula' meaning 'small box or case,' combined with the prefix 'en-' (meaning 'to put into'). The word emerged in English in the 17th century, initially used in medical and botanical contexts to describe containing something within a capsule.

🎵Rhyme

calculatearticulatemanipulate
calculate
articulate
manipulate

🔗Collocations

encapsulate the essence
perfectly encapsulate
encapsulate the spirit
encapsulate in one word
encapsulate the problem
encapsulate data

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

His entire philosophy can be encapsulated in three words: 'Just do it.'

The new software encapsulates complex algorithms in a user-friendly interface.

Her diary perfectly encapsulated the anxiety of teenage years in just five pages.

The vitamin is encapsulated to prevent it from dissolving too quickly in the stomach.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

summarizeepitomizeembodyencompasscondense

Antonyms

expandelaboratedetail

Related

capsuleencompasscompresscontainabstract

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