EMBRACE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of embrace – Learner’s Dictionary

embrace
verb
uk
/ɪmˈbreɪs/
us

embrace verb (HOLD)

If you embrace someone, you put your arms around them, and if two people embrace, they put their arms around each other.

embrace verb (ACCEPT)

to accept new ideas, beliefs, methods, etc in an enthusiastic way:
We are always eager to embrace the latest technology.

embrace verb (INCLUDE)

to include a number of things:
The report embraces a wide range of opinions.
embrace
noun [ C ]
uk
/ɪmˈbreɪs/
us
the action of putting your arms around someone:
a passionate embrace

(Definition of embrace from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of embrace

in Chinese (Traditional)
接受, 欣然接受, 樂意採納…
in Chinese (Simplified)
接受, 欣然接受, 乐意采纳…
in Spanish
abrazar, abrazarse, abrazo…
in Portuguese
abraçar, abraço, adotar…
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आनंदाने स्वीकारणे, आलिंगन देणे, सामावून घेणे…
(人)を抱きしめる, 抱擁, 抱(だ)きしめる…
sarılmak, kucaklamak, sorgusuz/sualsiz kabellenmek…
étreindre, embrasser, adopter…
abraçar(-se), abraçada…
omarmen, omarming…
எதையாவது உற்சாகமாக ஏற்றுக்கொள்வது, அன்பை, விருப்பத்தை அல்லது அனுதாபத்தை வெளிப்படுத்த அல்லது ஒருவரை வாழ்த்தும்போது அல்லது விட்டுச் செல்லும் போது ஒருவரை இரு கைகளாலும் இறுக்கமாகப் பிடித்துக் கொள்வது…
(स्वेच्छा से) अपनाना, स्वीकारना, आलिंगन करना…
સ્વીકારવું, ઝડપી લેવું, પ્રેમપૂર્વક ભેટવું…
omfavne, omfavnelse…
omfamna, krama, omfamning…
memeluk, pelukan…
umarmen, die Umarmung…
omfavne, klemme, trykke til sitt bryst…
شوق سے قبول کرنا, گرمجوشی سے گلے لگانا, گرمجوشی سے بغل گیر ہونا…
обнімати, обійми…
обнимать(ся), принимать, воспринимать…
ఉత్సాహంగా ఒకదాన్ని అంగీకరించడం, ప్రేమ, ఇష్టపడటం లేక సానుభూతి వ్యక్తం చేయడానికి…
يُعانِق, مُعانَقة…
গ্রহণ করা, আলিঙ্গন করা, কিছু অন্তর্ভুক্ত করা…
obejmout, objetí…
memeluk, pelukan…
กอด…
ôm chặt, cái ôm…
obejmować (się), przyjmować, akceptować…
포옹하다, 포옹…
abbracciare, abbracciarsi, abbraccio…
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