embrace
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3.4
- noun
- /ɪmˈbreɪs/
:
aceptación
- High art connoisseurship was to be displaced by an unpatronizing embrace of popular taste.
- embrace of democracy
- a public embrace
- embrace of traditional values
Examples
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Winter has locked us in its icy embrace.
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This is an embrace of the basic American creed.
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I welcome its warm embrace.
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But what am I to make of my mother's embrace of all this?
Fiction book (1993) -
Seeking an embrace of loyalty.
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The good citizens of Turley have taken me in their embrace, and for one simple reason.
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Our commitment to excellence should never be interpreted as an embrace of elitism.
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Meaningful cooperative experience of the nurturing embrace of common moral virtue.
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Beatrice rose and enveloped Susannah in a spicy, overwhelming embrace full of foreign enthusiasms and endearments.
Fiction book (1995) -
After a long week, she needed the comforting embrace of her family to feel at home.
Synonyms
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2.7
Being approved or welcomed by other people
An act of receiving something with approval
Compounds
How Accepting
Surface Forms
Etymology
Embrace comes from em- 'in' and brace 'arm', the same root as bracelet, which gives a clear picture. An embrace of a new idea means taking it 'in your arms' — accepting it warmly.