embrace
embrace
(ɪmbreɪs )Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense embraces , present participle embracing , past tense, past participle embraced
1. verb
If you embrace someone, you put your arms around them and hold them tightly, usually in order to show your love or affection for them. You can also say that two people embrace.
Penelope came forward and embraced her sister. [VERB noun]
At first people were sort of crying for joy and embracing each other. [VERB noun]
He threw his arms round her and they embraced passionately. [VERB]
Embrace is also a noun.
...a young couple locked in an embrace.
2. verb
If you embrace a change, political system, or idea, you accept it and start supporting it or believing in it.
[formal]He embraces the new information age. [VERB noun]
The new rules have been embraced by government watchdog organizations. [be VERB-ed]
Embrace is also a noun.
The marriage signalled James's embrace of the Catholic faith. [+ of]
3. verb
If something embraces a group of people, things, or ideas, it includes them in a larger group or category.
[formal]...a theory that would embrace the whole field of human endeavour. [VERB noun]
