Embody - English meaning

verb

Take in and understand fully (information or ideas).

Usage examples:

Marie tried to assimilate the week's events

verb

To take in and make a part of your basic knowledge something learned from others, so that you can use it as your own

Usage examples:

[ t ] we hoped the students would assimilate the information contained in the lecture., [ t ] once …

verb

To become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part of a group, country, society, etc.

Usage examples:

The european union should remain flexible enough to assimilate more countries quickly., you shouldn…

verb

Bring or gather together (a number of things).

Usage examples:

He went round the office collecting old coffee cups

adjective

(of a phone call) paid for by the person receiving it.

Usage examples:

A collect call

adverb

(with reference to making a phone call) in a way that is paid for by the person receiving it.

Usage examples:

I called my mother collect

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

Usage examples:

Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

Usage examples:

One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

Usage examples:

He combined ten acres of linseed

verb

Focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity.

Usage examples:

She couldn't concentrate on the film

noun

A substance made by removing or reducing the diluting agent; a concentrated form of something.

Usage examples:

Apple juice concentrate

verb

To direct your attention or your efforts towards a particular activity, subject, or problem

Usage examples:

Come on, concentrate! we don't have all day to do this., i can't concentrate on my work with all th…

verb

Make (something) physically stronger or more solid.

Usage examples:

The first phase of the project is to consolidate the outside walls

verb

Form into a solid mass or whole

verb

To bring together or unite things that were separate

Usage examples:

[ i ] our offices had been spread among three buildings, and then we consolidated into one new high…

verb

Have or hold (someone or something) within.

Usage examples:

The cigarettes were thought to contain cannabis

verb

To have something inside or include something as a part

Usage examples:

How much liquid do you think this bottle contains?, i lost a file containing a lot of important doc…

verb

To keep something harmful within limits and not allow it to spread

Usage examples:

Farms in the area have been closed off in an attempt to contain the disease., more police were sent…

verb

Express the essential features of (something) succinctly.

Usage examples:

The conclusion is encapsulated in one sentence

verb

To express or show the most important facts about something

Usage examples:

It was very difficult to encapsulate the story of the revolution in a single one-hour documentary.,…

verb

Surround and have or hold within.

Usage examples:

This area of london encompasses piccadilly to the north and st james's park to the south

verb

To include different types of things

Usage examples:

The festival is to encompass everything from music, theatre, and ballet to literature, cinema, and …

verb

Be a perfect example of.

Usage examples:

The company epitomized the problems faced by british industry

verb

To be a perfect example of a quality or type of thing

Usage examples:

With little equipment and unsuitable footwear, she epitomizes the inexperienced and unprepared moun…

verb

Be a typical example of.

Usage examples:

The best dry sherry is exemplified by the fino of jerez

Be characteristic of

verb

To be a typical example of something

Usage examples:

American fashion is exemplified by jeans and t-shirts.

verb

Convey (a thought or feeling) in words or by gestures and conduct.

Usage examples:

He expressed complete satisfaction

adjective

Operating at high speed.

Usage examples:

Executives have their own express lift direct to floor 42

adverb

By express train or delivery service.

Usage examples:

I got my wife to send my gloves express to the hotel

noun

A representation of the external form of a person or thing in art.

Usage examples:

Her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art

verb

Make a representation of the external form of.

Usage examples:

Artworks which imaged women's bodies

noun

An idea, esp. a mental picture, of what something or someone is like

Usage examples:

I had an image of texas in my head that was totally different from how it really is., he’s trying t…

adjective

(especially of a deity or spirit) embodied in human form.

Usage examples:

God incarnate

verb

Embody or represent (a deity or spirit) in human form.

Usage examples:

The idea that god incarnates himself in man

verb

Comprise or contain as part of a whole.

Usage examples:

The price includes dinner, bed, and breakfast

verb

Take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include.

Usage examples:

He has incorporated in his proposals a number of measures

adjective

Another term for incorporated.

verb

Combine (one thing) with another to form a whole.

Usage examples:

Transport planning should be integrated with energy policy

verb

To mix with and join society or a group of people, often changing to suit their way of life, habits, and customs

Usage examples:

He seems to find it difficult to integrate socially., it's very difficult to integrate yourself int…

verb

To combine two or more things in order to become more effective

Usage examples:

Integrate something into something you need to integrate exercise into your normal life., integrate…

adjective

Clear or obvious to the eye or mind.

Usage examples:

Her manifest charm and proven ability

verb

Show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.

Usage examples:

Lizzy manifested signs of severe depression

noun

A document listing a ship's contents, cargo, passengers, and crew, for the use of customs officers.

Usage examples:

If you're a customs inspector at a port of entry you can send photos of cargos and manifests back t…

verb

Arrange systematically; order.

Usage examples:

Organize lessons in a planned way

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

verb

To make the necessary plans for something to happen; arrange

Usage examples:

The group organizes theater trips once a month., they organized a meeting between the students and …

verb

Represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form.

Usage examples:

Public pageants and dramas in which virtues and vices were personified

verb

To be a person who is a perfect example of a thing or quality

Usage examples:

The senator personifies washington, dc, to many people., in greek myth, love is personified by the …

verb

Become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly.

Usage examples:

He realized his mistake at once

verb

Be fully aware or cognizant of

verb

To become aware of or understand a situation

Usage examples:

He realized the store would be closing in a few minutes., [ + (that) clause ] suddenly i realized (…

verb

Make (something abstract) more concrete or real.

Usage examples:

These instincts are, in man, reified as verbal constructs

verb

To make something more real or consider it as real

Usage examples:

These phenomena are reified into facts.

verb

Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity.

Usage examples:

For purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult

verb

Be a delegate or spokesperson for

verb

Be a symbol of.

Usage examples:

The ceremonial dagger symbolizes justice

verb

To represent something

Usage examples:

The lighting of the olympic torch symbolizes peace and friendship.

verb

Arrange according to an organized system; make systematic.

Usage examples:

Galen set about systematizing medical thought

verb

Arrange or carry out according to an orderly plan

phrasal verb

Provide with shelter

verb

To move something or someone from one place to another

Usage examples:

Please, take me with you!, it may rain, so take your umbrella., the suitcases were taken to madrid …

verb

To subtract one number or amount from another

Usage examples:

Take sth from sth you'll need to take $2,000 from the $8,000 to allow for tax., take sth/sb off (st…

verb

Be characteristic or a representative example of.

Usage examples:

Tough, low-lying vegetation typifies this arctic area

verb

To be an example of a particular thing or kind of thing

Usage examples:

This trial typifies the problems juries face all the time.