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[ verb ] include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
Synonyms Examples "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds" "this should cover everyone in the group" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)The basic mystery of dreams , which embraces all the others and challenges us from even the most common typical dream , is in the fact that they are original , visual continuities . And when psychology explains glibly , `` but the subconscious_mind is able to produce it '' it refers to a mental region so vaguely identified that it may embrace the entire universal mind as conceivably as part of the individual mind . |
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[ verb ] hug, usually with fondness
Examples "Hug me, please" "They embraced" Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)They cannot stop to grasp and embrace and sit in the back seat of cars along a dark country lane . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)The stern face would relax , the black clad arms would embrace him , `` My son '' ! |
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[ verb ] take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
Examples "She embraced Catholocism" "They adopted the Jewish faith" Used in print (Charles Glicksberg, "Sex in Contemporary Literature"...)They embrace independent poverty , usually with a `` shack-up '' partner who will help support them . |
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[ noun ] the state of taking in or encircling
Examples "an island in the embrace of the sea" Related terms |
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