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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
enclose
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a confined/enclosed space (=small and enclosed)
▪ It was difficult being together in such a confined space.
enclose a cheque (=send it with a letter by post)
▪ I wrote to the company enclosing a cheque for £49.99.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ I have also enclosed one of last year's cards from a painting by David Bellamy.
▪ To that end, a proforma and supporting papers are also enclosed.
▪ It also enclosed a version on film which was absolutely covered in fingermarks.
▪ I also enclose a sketch map showing the exact location.
▪ I also enclose a Medical Assessment Card which you should complete and return at your earliest convenience.
please
Please enclose a cheque made out to Beverley Borough Council.
▪ If you do not understand the details enclosed please contact the Finance Department where the staff will be pleased to assist.
Please enclose S.A.E. with your order. 14.
Please enclose large sae if writing for information.
▪ Both are available free of charge, but please enclose an sae.
■ NOUN
area
▪ This is a strongly conceived space, with the box hedge enclosing the area in a flowing curve.
▪ Jambia will probably spend from six to nine months in the enclosed display area before being turned out to a larger area.
▪ The solid outline encloses the area within which we measured each individual receptor.
cheque
▪ Please enclose a cheque made out to Beverley Borough Council.
▪ Accordingly I enclose a cheque for £248.43.
▪ Meanwhile I enclose a cheque for £50 ... ... an optional magazine at, say, £5pa.
copy
▪ He enclosed a number of copies of testimonials and requested one from his illustrious patron.
▪ Please find enclosed a copy of the Home-School agreement and the emergency contact form.
▪ It is with great pleasure that I now enclose a copy of the video film made of the first semi-final round.
▪ I therefore enclose a copy of the text of the HIV/AIDS Readyguide with some minor amendments marked.
▪ I enclose a copy of their reply.
▪ I am enclosing a copy of it herewith.
▪ I enclose a copy of a statement that I have prepared for you.
envelope
▪ Printed on thin single sheets, suitable for enclosing in an envelope, they were a considerable success.
▪ Specify which countries' sheets you desire, and enclose a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage attached.
▪ Deliberately - very deliberately - he had enclosed no stamped addressed envelope.
▪ I enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope.
▪ Checking charts for Belfast Telegraph Plan 82 are available if you write to me enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
▪ Readers requiring a reply should enclose a stamped addressed envelope or an international reply coupon.
▪ Or write to the association enclosing a stamped-addressed envelope to:.
▪ He enclosed a stamped addressed envelope the size of a small knapsack.
form
▪ I enclose the completed form that you mentioned for hire of the school classroom for Parish Council meetings.
▪ I enclose some of your forms completed to the best of my ability from information given by parish councillors.
information
▪ I now have pleasure in enclosing an Information memorandum which should be read in conjunction with this letter.
▪ A copy of the formal decision notice is enclosed for your information.
▪ I enclose some information about our work.
▪ The text is enclosed here for information, in case local organisations are approached about it.
land
▪ What was the sense of every rancher enclosing his land with a barbed-wire fence?
letter
▪ It was addressed to Mrs Philip Arbuthnot and a letter was enclosed with the card.
▪ If you want to send a formatted letter, enclose it as a file.
▪ Give your name, address, daytime phone number and flight details in your letter, and enclose that original receipt.
▪ And there's a letter which enclosed a gift of 6 salmon flies.
▪ His hand-written letter was enclosed in an envelope which in turn was enclosed in three others of increasing size and strength.
pleasure
▪ It is with great pleasure that I now enclose a copy of the video film made of the first semi-final round.
▪ I now have pleasure in enclosing an Information memorandum which should be read in conjunction with this letter.
▪ I have pleasure in enclosing our considered response and hope it will be carefully considered before the final draft is prepared.
▪ I have pleasure in enclosing our considered response which we hope will be taken into account when finalising the guidance for publication.
sae
▪ Please enclose large sae if writing for information.
▪ Don't forget to enclose an sae.
▪ Both are available free of charge, but please enclose an sae.
space
▪ The effect, enhanced in buildings and enclosed spaces, can be up to 16 times more destructive than conventional high explosives.
▪ All told, the buildings will total 2. 6 million square feet of enclosed space.
▪ A line of pink police tape fluttered in the wind, enclosing the space around the entrance.
square
▪ Secondly, the four-strand guilloche which encloses the central square is well drawn, but slightly inferior to the chain-guilloche.
wall
▪ A broken-down wall at the back enclosed a small, dusty graveyard, with a scattering of dingy-looking graves.
▪ The crenellated twin towers are among the last remnants of the fortified wall that used to enclose the city.
▪ Its sheltering walls had enclosed their happy life together.
▪ Where a wall encloses the sides of the steps, fixing the shuttering couldn't be easier.
▪ A good example of this kind is at Borraichill Mhor, in Kildalton, where a drystone wall encloses a plateau.
■ VERB
write
▪ To obtain copies of the above guides, write, enclosing payment, to.
▪ Candidates for either the Woolley or the Horsman Fellowship should write to the Principal enclosing a s.a.e.for an application form.
▪ Checking charts for Belfast Telegraph Plan 82 are available if you write to me enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
▪ To obtain your copy write, enclosing payment, to or telephone.
▪ Or write to the association enclosing a stamped-addressed envelope to:.
▪ Those of you who write in enclosing a stamped addressed envelope will eventually get a personal reply.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I am enclosing my résumé and three letters of reference.
▪ Jerry had to spend two months enclosed in a huge plastic bubble, to prevent him from catching germs from other children.
▪ The fence enclosing the prison compound is constantly patrolled by armed guards.
▪ The fish live in a shallow tropical lagoon, which is enclosed by a coral reef.
▪ The garden was completely enclosed by a high wall.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I enclose samples of the last two cards we have produced.
▪ I have also enclosed one of last year's cards from a painting by David Bellamy.
▪ I now have pleasure in enclosing an Information memorandum which should be read in conjunction with this letter.
▪ It had a newly thatched roof and was enclosed inside a privet hedge.
▪ Most of them enclosed letters to be forwarded to her.
▪ Note that it has been necessary to enclose the camera behind a glass screen to cut down its noise.
▪ There are two copies of the questionnaire enclosed.
▪ We enclose a letter to you sent in our care from the Wendell Trust Company.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
enclose

Inclose \In*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inclosing.] [See Enclose, and cf. Include.]

  1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.

    How many evils have inclosed me round!
    --Milton.

  2. To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note.

    The inclosed copies of the treaty.
    --Sir W. Temple.

  3. To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands.
    --Blackstone.

  4. To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.]

    They went to coach and their horse inclose.
    --Chapman.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
enclose

early 14c., from en- (1) + close, and partially from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore "surround; confine; contain." Specific sense of "to fence in waste or common ground" for the purpose of cultivation or to give it to private owners is from c.1500. Meaning "place a document with a letter for transmission" is from 1707. Related: Enclosed; enclosing.

Wiktionary
enclose

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To surround with a wall, fence, etc. 2 (context transitive English) To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package. 3 (context intransitive English) To hold or contain.

WordNet
enclose
  1. v. enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap]

  2. close in or confine [syn: hold in, confine]

  3. surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him" [syn: inclose, shut in]

  4. introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce]

Wikipedia

Usage examples of "enclose".

Saturday, April 28 1930 hours Cranston Moors North York, England The rumble of the generators and spray painter air compressors was deafeningly loud within the enclosed space of the hangar, and as the two of them walked across the hangar floor toward a small office in the back, Adler had to pitch his voice louder to make himself heard.

It was a hot still day in late summer and this was one of the softer corners of the Dales, sheltered by the enclosing fells from the harsh winds which shrivelled all but the heather and the tough moorland gmss.

Chariottesville Allegheny terminal, please present the enclosed receipt at the courtesy desk.

There must be one principle constituting this unit of many forms of life and enclosing the several members within the unity, while at the same time, precisely as in each thing of detail the parts too have each a definite function, so in the All each several member must have its own task--but more markedly so since in this case the parts are not merely members but themselves Alls, members of the loftier Kind.

The healing amnionic fluid generated by the spore-forming glands, after the transparent amber sphere had enclosed him, offered Lavon his only chance.

Edgar triumphant over Edmund, the evil daughters dead, and Lear and Cordelia about to be rescued, the Apollonian form of tragedy has seemed on the verge of enclosing the Dionysiac turmoil.

The whole was enclosed by a wall, as Appleton Manor was, and here, too, there were traces of a moat near the stream, but the manor house was newly built.

Then rose the maiden tender, From stool all golden bound, Her waist is trim and slender, Her bosom full and round, Each dimpled cheek encloses An Astrild, roguish sprite, As when on opening roses, The butterflies alight.

Guardian wishes me to express his loving thanks for your letter of the third instant, enclosing the half-yearly reports of the Perth and Auckland Spiritual Assemblies, all of which he has been delighted to read.

The earliest Avestan account of the earthly condition of men describes them as living in a garden which Yima or Jemschid had enclosed at the command of Ormuzd.

Again he enclosed both in his arms, reaching around their backs to clasp a breast of each.

The entire baseplate the bar had stood on was enclosed in what appeared to be an enormous airbag.

Again the trouble lay in the seed, for instead of a single seed, beets have a cluster of from three to five enclosed in a hard, rough shell.

Commander Anne Blenheim was enjoying what was almost her first look around the vast interior of the ancient Templar Fortress that enclosed the Radiant itself, and of which she had very recently assumed command.

She felt safe--not because they were in rural Utah, away from the smog and the gangs and the high crime rate of the major metropolitan areas, but because they were living in Bonita Vista, an enclosed world, a hermetically sealed environment, shielded against all that lay outside.