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    em·brace
    [əmˈbrās]
    verb
    embrace (verb) · embraces (third person present) · embraced (past tense) · embraced (past participle) · embracing (present participle)
    1. hold (someone) closely in one's arms, especially as a sign of affection:
      "Aunt Sophie embraced her warmly" · "the two embraced, holding each other tightly"
    2. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically:
      "besides traditional methods, artists are embracing new technology"
      Similar:
      receive enthusiastically/wholeheartedly
      take to one's heart
      welcome/receive with open arms
      be in favor of
      Opposite:
    3. include or contain (something) as a constituent part:
      "his career embraces a number of activities—composing, playing, and acting"
      Opposite:
    noun
    embrace (noun) · embraces (plural noun)
    1. an act of holding someone closely in one's arms:
      "they were locked in an embrace"
      • used to refer to something which is regarded as surrounding, holding, or restricting someone:
        "the transformations brought about by the embrace of mass media"
    2. an act of accepting or supporting something willingly or enthusiastically:
      "their eager embrace of foreign influences"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘encircle, surround, enclose’; formerly also as imbrace): from Old French embracer, based on Latin in- ‘in’ + bracchium ‘arm’.
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    embrace implies a gathering of separate items within a whole. involve suggests inclusion by virtue of the nature of the whole, whether by being its natural or inevitable consequence. Verb They embraced one last time before going their separate ways. a politician who has been embraced by conservatives Charity embraces all acts of generous giving.
    1 to put one's arms around and press tightly. upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son. Synonyms for embraced. bear-hugged, clasped, crushed, enclasped, enfolded, grasped,
    Embraced: to put one's arms around and press tightly. Synonyms: bear-hugged, clasped, crushed… Antonyms: excluded, left (out), missed out… Find the right word.
    Embrace is also a noun . ...a young couple locked in an embrace. If you embrace a change, political system, or idea, you accept it and start supporting it or believing in it. He embraces the new information age. [VERB noun] Embrace is also a noun.
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