enclose

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Mailencloseen‧close /ɪnˈkləʊz $ -ˈkloʊz/ verb [transitive] 1 TCMINCLUDEto put something inside an envelope as well as a letter Please enclose a cheque with your order.please find enclosed (=used in business letters to say that you are sending something with a letter) Please find enclosed an agenda for the meeting.2 TBCAROUND/ROUNDto surround something, especially with a fence or wall, in order to make it separate The pool area is enclosed by a six-foot wall. an enclosed areaGrammar Enclose is usually passive in this meaning.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusenclose• There are two copies of the questionnaire enclosed.• We enclose a letter to you sent in our care from the Wendell Trust Company.• I now have pleasure in enclosing an Information memorandum which should be read in conjunction with this letter.• The fish live in a shallow tropical lagoon, which is enclosed by a coral reef.• The garden was completely enclosed by a high wall.• Jerry had to spend two months enclosed in a huge plastic bubble, to prevent him from catching germs from other children.• It had a newly thatched roof and was enclosed inside a privet hedge.• Most of them enclosed letters to be forwarded to her.• I am enclosing my résumé and three letters of reference.• I have also enclosed one of last year's cards from a painting by David Bellamy.• I enclose samples of the last two cards we have produced.• Note that it has been necessary to enclose the camera behind a glass screen to cut down its noise.• The fence enclosing the prison compound is constantly patrolled by armed guards.

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Word of the day deposit a part of the cost of something you are buying that you pay some time before you pay the rest of it

Verb table

enclose

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	enclose
he, she, it	encloses
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	enclosed
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have enclosed
he, she, it	has enclosed
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had enclosed
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will enclose
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have enclosed
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am enclosing
he, she, it	is enclosing
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you, we, they	are enclosing
Past
I, he, she, it	was enclosing
you, we, they	were enclosing
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been enclosing
he, she, it	has been enclosing
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been enclosing
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be enclosing
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been enclosing
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