encroach
verb (used without object)
to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads.
will encroach
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future tenseof encroach.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The monitor mount will encroach a bit on displays with very thin bezels.
From The Verge ● Jul. 15, 2021
While there are no U.S. passenger-car builders, CRRC’s success has fueled a backlash by American freight companies, which fear the company will encroach on the country’s far bigger freight car market.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2019
No one knows whether, when or by how much properties will depreciate, seas will encroach or flood insurance policies will change.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2016
"A blame-game against our country is starting, that, based on the new agreement we will encroach on human rights," he told parliament.
From Reuters ● Apr. 1, 2016
Again, the cruelties of a people are turned against him who it fears will encroach upon the common rights, but the cruelties of the prince against those who he fears may assert those rights.
From Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Thomson, Ninian Hill
