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# encircle

verb (encircle, encircles, encircled, encircling)

«encircle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To encircle something is to form a circle round it or surround it on all sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encircle/#m1)
2. To encircle a place in war is to surround it so nobody can get in or out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encircle/#m2)

### In the lessons

Geography and maps (mountains encircle a valley), history (armies encircled a city), and descriptions in stories. Phrases: encircled by, encircle with.

### Examples

- A ring of trees encircled the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encircle/#x1)
- Mountains encircle the little village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encircle/#x2)
- The children encircled the teacher to hear the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encircle/#x3)
- Draw a line to encircle the correct answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encircle/#x4)
- The army encircled the city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encircle/#x5)
- A wall encircles the old town of York. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encircle/#x6)
- Near the grass-covered rampart which encircles Copenhagen lies a great red house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encircle/#x7)

### Note

Similar: surround, ring. «Circle the answer» is more usual in instructions than «encircle». Not to be mixed up with «encyclopedia».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «encircle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encircle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«encircle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/encircle.html) on Mova free.