embody (redirected from embodies)

em·bod·y  (m-bd)

tr.v. em·bod·ied, em·bod·y·ing, em·bod·ies

1. To give a bodily form to; incarnate.

2. To represent in bodily or material form: "As John Adams embodied the old style, Andrew Jackson embodied the new" Richard Hofstadter.

3. To make part of a system or whole; incorporate: laws that embody a people's values.

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embody

Verb

[-bodies, -bodying, -bodied]

1. to be an example of or express (an idea or other abstract concept)

2. to include as part of a whole: the proposal has been embodied in a draft resolution

embodiment n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	embody - represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" body forth, incarnate, substantiate be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	2.	embody - represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" personify, be stand for, symbolize, typify, symbolise, represent - express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" body, personify - invest with or as with a body; give body to exemplify, represent - be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
	3.	embody - represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period" represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"

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embody

verb 1. personify, represent, express, realize, incorporate, stand for, manifest, exemplify, symbolize, typify, incarnate, actualize, reify, concretize

verb 2. (often with in) incorporate, include, contain, combine, collect, concentrate, organize, take in, integrate, consolidate, bring together, encompass, comprehend, codify, systematize

Translations

embody [ɪmˈbɔdɪ] vt [+ spirit] → encarnar [+ ideas]; expresar

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embody [ɪmˈbɔdɪ] vt [+ features] → réunir, comprendre [+ ideas]; formuler, exprimer

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embody [ɪmˈbɔdɪ] vt → verkörpern;

(include, contain) → enthalten

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embody [ɪmˈbɔdɪ] vt [+ features] → racchiudere, comprendere [+ ideas]; dar forma concreta a, esprimere