to embrace

Examples

• All

• Many educators embrace new teaching methods to improve student engagement.

• Embrace your past and embrace your guilt rather than running from it.

• And again, we also embrace that life is not perfect.

  Evan Carmichael

• So now we're starting to embrace the fact that we have lost.

• And I think people embrace it because I embrace it.

• A freedom we can embrace with honor.

  King Arthur (2004)

• When did you learn to embrace your accent?

  Club Shay Shay

• Be relentless, embrace risks and never settle.

• This is what a man looks like who embraces his destiny.

  Fantastic Four (2005)

• Alongside its security policies, the administration embraced free markets, trade liberalization, and economic development.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

A

to accept

vsto embrace

∞ 1.3

To believe or agree that something is true

is more enthusiastic and personally committed than mere belief or approval

A

to adopt

vsto embrace

440 3.2

To start using a new idea, method, or policy

is done with stronger enthusiasm and conviction than simply starting

E

to espouse

vsto embrace

• Formal

52 7.8

To accept and support a belief, cause, or way of life

is more enthusiastic and convinced when taking on new ideas

Antonyms

O

to oppose

∞ 2.9

To be against something and try to stop it

R

to reject

839 1.9

Refuse to accept someone or something

Phrasal Verbs

E

to embrace change

3 3.8

To willingly accept and adapt to new situations

E

to embrace diversity

1 4.1

To accept and include people from different backgrounds

E

to embrace dweebness

• Slang

9.6

To accept and be proud of being nerdy or socially awkward

E

to embrace heritage

4.9

To accept and show pride in your culture

E

to embrace identity

4.4

To accept and feel proud of who you are and where you come from

E

to embrace manhood

7.7

To accept responsibility for being an adult man

E

to embrace positivity

4.1

To accept and actively choose a positive way of thinking

Compounds

M

marital embrace

4.9

A warm hug shared by two people who are married

W

warmth of someone's embrace

3.1

A feeling of comfort and safety when someone hugs you

How Accepting

to champion

64 4.2

to embrace

390 3.9

to accept

∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology