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-m
uh
nt
]
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en·croach·ment
/
ɛnˈkroʊtʃ
mənt
/
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[
en-
krohch
-m
uh
nt
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
an act or instance of
encroaching
.
2.
anything taken by
encroaching
.
Origin:
1425–75;
late Middle English
encrochement
<
Anglo-French.
See
encroach
,
-ment
Related forms
non·en·croach·ment,
noun
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But it is almost impossible, federal officials concede, to protect them from
encroachment
.
Signs of this
encroachment
appear all around the world.
Results, however, could speak to the effects of human
encroachment
on animal habitats.
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But it is almost impossible, federal officials concede, to protect them from
encroachment
.
Signs of this
encroachment
appear all around the world.
Results, however, could speak to the effects of human
encroachment
on animal habitats.
They are still a threatened species, of course, but that's because of human
encroachment
on their habitat.
Human
encroachment
likely impacts some parts of its habitat, but it currently has no special conservation status.
The past few years have seen an upsurge of peasant protests, many of them about the rapid
encroachment
of cities into rural land.
Technical
encroachment
on our lives is fashionable to worry about.
Loon populations are currently stable, but a number of threats loom, including human
encroachment
and pollution.
Another such case is excessive
encroachment
on wilderness areas.
Shrinking habitat, increased drought, and human
encroachment
are putting their future in jeopardy.
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World English Dictionary
encroach
(ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ)
—
vb
(often foll by
on
or
upon
)
1.
to intrude gradually, stealthily, or insidiously upon the rights, property, etc, of another
2.
to advance beyond the usual or proper limits
[C14: from Old French
encrochier
to seize, literally: fasten upon with hooks, from
en-
1
+
croc
hook, of Germanic origin; see
crook
]
en'croacher
—
n
en'croachingly
—
adv
en'croachment
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
encroachment
1520s, from
encroach
+
-ment
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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