| query | If something such as an attitude or feeling is e_______ in a society or system, or in someone's personality, it becomes a permanent and noticeable feature of it.If something such as an attitude or feeling is embedded in a society or system, or in someone's personality, it becomes a permanent and noticeable feature of it. This agreement will be embedded in a state treaty to be signed soon. I think that hatred of the other is deeply embedded in our society. |
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| word | embed |
| full-definition | verb If an object embeds itself in a substance or thing, it becomes fixed there firmly and deeply. The bullet blew off the tip of his forefinger before embedding itself in the wall beside Williams' head. The fossils at Dinosaur Cove are embedded in hard sandstones. There is glass embedded in the cut. If something such as an attitude or feeling is embedded in a society or system, or in someone's personality, it becomes a permanent and noticeable feature of it. This agreement will be embedded in a state treaty to be signed soon. I think that hatred of the other is deeply embedded in our society. |
| inflections | embedsembeddingembeddedembeddedembedded |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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