embody
verb [T] /ɪmˈbɒd.i/
/-ˈbɑː.di/ formalDefinition
C2 to represent a quality or an idea exactly: She embodied good sportsmanship on the playing field.Typifying, illustrating and exemplifyingMeaning and significance › to include as part of something: Kennett embodied in one man an unusual range of science, music and religion.Including and containingComprising and consisting of
(Definition of embody verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- assimilate verb (JOIN)
- build sth in/into sth phrasal verb
- carry verb (HAVE)
- cast your net wide idiom
- catholic adjective
- concern verb (INVOLVE)
- concerned adjective (INVOLVED)
- embrace verb (INCLUDE)
- encompass verb
- enshrine verb
- extend verb (INCLUDE)
- factor sth in phrasal verb
- forget verb (NOT REMEMBER)
- number sb/sth among sb/sth phrasal verb
- o' preposition
- pack sth/sb in phrasal verb
- pepper sth with sth phrasal verb (INCLUDE)
- plug (sth/sb) into sth phrasal verb
- take sth in phrasal verb (INCLUDE)
- tinge verb
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