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Meanings of embrace (embraced) in English

Portuguese
abraço
Catalan
abraçada
Spanish
abrazo

The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

        abraço
        Portuguese
        conter
        Catalan
        comprendre
        Spanish
        cubrir

        Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.

              conter
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              Examples for "embracing"
              Examples for "embracing"
              1
              This means the bank is embracing profits of £10 million every week.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Consumers seem to be embracing the freedom of the completely unlimited service.
              Reuters
              3
              Not perhaps the most embracing term for an increasingly racially mixed society.
              The Irish Times
              4
              Mastering this technique means embracing new ideas about being a human being.
              The Michael Chekhov Handbook
              5
              Good to know he's finally being real and embracing his true self.
              Ebony
              1
              Five bus-loads of boys and girls, singing or in a silent embracement, rolled past them over the vitrified highway.
              Brave New World
              2
              He had seen the beginning of what promised to be an endless passionate embracement, and at the sight he had fled.
              Crome Yellow
              3
              If they be aswoon for this their foregathering and embracement, they will come to themselves, and if otherwise, do thou flee.
              Tales from the Arabic — Complete
              4
              Both depicting journeys of discovery, embracement, dignity and self; and for the rest of us a lesson to remember to look beyond the shadows.
              The Irish Times
              5
              His arms are carelessly used, as if their best use was nothing but embracements.
              Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
              Portuguese
              abraçar
              Catalan
              abraçar
              Spanish
              abrazar

              Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own.

                    abraçar
                    Catalan
                    dedicació

                    A close affectionate and protective acceptance.

                          dedicació
                          Usage of embraced in English
                          1
                          So far there aren't any good solutions that the market has embraced.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          The price embraced the idea of a national infrastructure No, no question.
                          The new yorker
                          3
                          Adams accepted the challenge of new distribution methods and embraced the progress.
                          Ebony
                          4
                          Jim was interested in new technology and certainly embraced early computer animation.
                          Reuters
                          5
                          However, in its earlier phase, Kimberley was embraced by the local community.
                          Radio NZ
                          6
                          The answer was simple: I never went to schools that embraced it.
                          The Irish Times
                          7
                          Ezio took her in his arms and spent several minutes simply embraced.
                          Renaissance
                          8
                          I embraced it immediately because it was a new and exciting challenge.
                          Rock and Ice Magazine
                          9
                          Earlier this year the Japanese embraced a standard plug they call CHAdeMO.
                          Wired
                          10
                          Wrestling the best from difficult machinery is a challenge Russell has embraced.
                          The Guardian
                          11
                          The administration last week formally embraced the Copenhagen Accord on global warming.
                          Reuters
                          12
                          He also embraced the other natural agents in his chain of conservation.
                          Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
                          13
                          We have merely been allowed to exist-neverembraced, never included, never accepted.
                          Radio NZ
                          14
                          Mr Braddock believed this type and level of investment should be embraced.
                          Radio NZ
                          15
                          The king raised the general from the ground, embraced and kissed him.
                          Royalty Restored; Or, London Under Charles II
                          16
                          But certainly tolerance can be embraced when mutual benefit is the prize.
                          Sagittarius Is Bleeding
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