embody

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪmˈbɑdi/ UK /ɪmˈbɒdi/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #32076

Meanings

1

verb
To be a perfect example of a quality or idea in a real, visible form.

She embodies everything a good leader should be.
2

verb
To include or contain something as part of a whole.

The new law embodies the principles agreed on at the summit.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to be a perfect example of... personify incarnate

More actualize coalesceconcretizeeffigiateembrace encompass enfold integrate materialize merge objectify realize

Word family

Forms embodiedembodiesembodying

Derived forms disembodyembodiableembodiednessembodierembodimentemergynonembodiedreembodyunembodied

Etymology

From Latin em- + body.

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

# embody

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ɪmˈbɑdi
**IPA (UK):** ɪmˈbɒdi
**Frequency rank:** 32076

## Meanings
1. To be a perfect example of a quality or idea in a real, visible form.
2. To include or contain something as part of a whole.

## Examples
- She embodies everything a good leader should be.
- The new law embodies the principles agreed on at the summit.

## Synonyms
- actualize
- coalesce
- concretize
- effigiate
- embrace
- encompass
- enfold
- integrate
- materialize
- merge
- objectify
- realize

## Derived Forms
- disembody
- embodiable
- embodiedness
- embodier
- embodiment
- emergy
- nonembodied
- reembody
- unembodied

## Etymology
From Latin em- + body.

## AI Etymology
Embody is from Latin em- + body. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include to be a perfect example of a quality or idea in a real, visible form and to include or contain something as part of a whole. The wider family includes derived forms such as disembody, embodiable, embodiedness, embodier, and embodiment.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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