embody

  • 11embody — v. (D; tr.) to embody in * * * [ɪm bɒdɪ] (D; tr.) to embody in …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 12embody */ — UK [ɪmˈbɒdɪ] / US [ɪmˈbɑdɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms embody : present tense I/you/we/they embody he/she/it embodies present participle embodying past tense embodied past participle embodied 1) to be the best possible example of a particular… …

    English dictionary

  • 13embody — verb Embody is used with these nouns as the object: ↑attribute, ↑essence, ↑ideal, ↑principle, ↑spirit, ↑tradition, ↑value, ↑virtue …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 14embody — [[t]ɪmbɒ̱di[/t]] embodies, embodying, embodied 1) VERB To embody an idea or quality means to be a symbol or expression of that idea or quality. [V n] Jack Kennedy embodied all the hopes of the 1960s... [V n] For twenty nine years, Checkpoint… …

    English dictionary

  • 15embody — transitive verb (embodied; embodying) Date: circa 1548 1. to give a body to (a spirit) ; incarnate 2. a. to deprive of spirituality b. to make concrete and perceptible 3. to cause to become a body or part of a body ; incorporate 4 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 16embody — Synonyms and related words: absorb, actualize, add, admit, adumbrate, affect, amalgamate, assemble, assimilate, betoken, blend, body, body forth, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, build,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17embody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incorporate, join, unite, organize, impersonate, personify, incarnate; comprise, contain, include; express. See representation, combination, substance, whole. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To actualize]… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 18embody — em|bod|y [ımˈbɔdi US ımˈba:di] v past tense and past participle embodied present participle embodying third person singular embodies [T] 1.) to be a very good example of an idea or quality = ↑represent ▪ She embodies everything I admire in a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19embody — em|bod|y [ ım badi ] verb transitive * 1. ) to be the best possible example of a particular idea, quality, or principle: The spirit of hope is embodied in the character Anna. 2. ) FORMAL to include something: the freedoms embodied in the treaty …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20embody — em·bod·y || ɪm bÉ’dɪ v. manifest or personify in concrete form; incarnate; incorporate, unite into one body …

    English contemporary dictionary