What does Embody mean?
Definitions for Embody
ɛmˈbɒd iem·body
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Embody.
Princeton's WordNet
incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiateverb
represent in bodily form
"He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
embody, be, personifyverb
represent, as of a character on stage
"Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
embodyverb
represent or express something abstract in tangible form
"This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"
Wiktionary
embodyverb
To represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify
As the car salesperson approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.
embodyverb
To include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole
ChatGPT
embody
To embody means to represent, generally in a physical form, an idea, quality, or concept. It can also refer to expressing, personifying, or exemplifying an idea or a principle. Additionally, it can mean including or containing something as a constituent part.
Webster Dictionary
Embodyverb
to form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise
Embodyverb
to unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Embody
em-bod′i, Imbody, im-, v.t. to form into a body: to make corporeal: to make tangible: to express (an idea in words): to organise.—v.i. to unite in a body or mass.—p.adj. Embod′ied.—n. Embod′iment, act of embodying: state of being embodied: that in which something is embodied. [Em, in, and body.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
embody
To form or collect into a body or united mass; as, to embody troops.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
EMBODY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Embody is ranked #138304 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Embody surname appeared 121 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Embody.
88.4% or 107 total occurrences were White.
9.9% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Embody' in Verbs Frequency: #982
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Anagrams for Embody »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Embody in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Embody in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Embody in a Sentence
I do not believe any of our coaches, administrators, or other university personnel acted wrongfully, nor do I believe that any one of them failed to live up to the high moral standards that we value and that they embody in their work every day.
The remarks from the occupant of our White House --I will always refer to him as the occupant as he is only occupying space, and does not embody the grace, the empathy, the compassion, the integrity that that office requires and that the American people deserve.
Measuring self-reported happiness and achieving well-being should be on every nation's agenda as they begin to pursue the Sustainable Development Goals, indeed the goals themselves embody the very idea that human well-being should be nurtured through a holistic approach that combines economic, social and environmental objectives.
A crown of gold has no value if the honor of the wearer is gone, for true worth lies not in the adornments we wear but in the integrity and character we embody.
All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world; some men even to delight. This love of beauty is taste. Others have the same love in such success that, not content with admiring, they seek to embody it in new forms. The creation of beauty is art.
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- олицетворявам, въплъщавамBulgarian
- ztělesňovat, zahrnoutCzech
- verkörpernGerman
- enkorpigiEsperanto
- personificar, encarnarSpanish
- ilmentää, [[olla]] [[jonkin]] [[ruumiillistuma]], käsittää, sisältääFinnish
- représenter, personnifier, incarnerFrench
- cochorpagheyManx
- mewujudkanIndonesian
- whakatinanaMāori
- kroppsliggjøreNorwegian
- personificar, encarnar, incorporarPortuguese
- олицетворя́ть, олицетвори́ть, воплоти́ть, воплоща́тьRussian
- utjelovitiSerbo-Croatian
- förkroppsligaSwedish
- 體現Chinese
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