(~s, embracing, ~d)
1.
If you ~ someone, you put your arms around them and hold them tightly, usually in order to show your love or affection for them. You can also say that two people ~.
Penelope came forward and ~d her sister...
At first people were sort of crying for joy and embracing each other...
He threw his arms round her and they ~d passionately.
= hug
V-RECIP: V n (non-recip), V n (non-recip), pl-n V
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Embrace is also a noun.
...a young couple locked in an ~.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ a change, political system, or idea, you accept it and start supporting it or believing in it. (FORMAL)
He ~s the new information age...
The new rules have been ~d by government watchdog organizations.
VERB: V n, V n
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Embrace is also a noun.
The marriage signalled James’s ~ of the Catholic faith.
N-SING: usu with supp
3.
If something ~s a group of people, things, or ideas, it includes them in a larger group or category. (FORMAL)
...a theory that would ~ the whole field of human endeavour.
VERB: V n