| word | embody |
|---|---|
| definition | verb To embody an idea or quality means to be a symbol or expression of that idea or quality. Jack Kennedy embodied all the hopes of the 1960s. For twenty-nine years, Checkpoint Charlie embodied the Cold War. That stability was embodied in the Gandhi family. If something is embodied in a particular thing, the second thing contains or consists of the first. The proposal has been embodied in a draft resolution. U.K. employment law embodies arbitration mechanisms to settle industrial disputes. ...In the British system the executive is supposedly embodied by the Crown and the legislative by Parliament |
| inflections | embodiesembodyingembodied |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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