🤗embrace

verb
/ɛmˈbreɪs/

Meaning

to hold someone closely in your arms, or to accept or support something willingly
to hold someone closely in your arms; to accept willingly

Example Sentences

They embraced each other after a long separation.

She embraced her friend at the airport.

Example Expressions

embrace change

Synonyms

hug, accept, adopt, welcome, support, hold
Entry 1
hug, accept, adopt, welcome, support
Entry 2
hug, hold, accept, welcome

Antonyms

reject, exclude, avoid, refuse, push away
Entry 1
reject, exclude, avoid
Entry 2
reject, refuse, push away

Collocations

embrace opportunity, embrace culture, embrace diversity, embrace technology, embrace warmly, embrace change, fully embrace
Entry 1
embrace opportunity, embrace culture, embrace diversity, embrace technology
Entry 2
embrace warmly, embrace change, embrace opportunity, fully embrace

Related Vocabularies

To refer to or quote a source as evidence or justification.
to reduce the quality, value, or dignity of something
to talk proudly about oneself or one's achievements in an annoying way
To flood; overwhelm someone or something with things or people to be dealt with
to remember something; to recall from memory
to feel or express compassion or pity for someone else’s situation

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