Embody
verb
To represent or express something in a concrete or visible form.
The old man embodies all the wisdom and experience of his generation.
Often appears as...
- embody wisdom
- embody characteristics
verb
To include or contain something as a part.
The software embodies many new features that make it easier to use.
Often appears as...
- embody features
- embody traits
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Technical
verb
To put into a physical or visible form.
These sculptures embody the artist's ideas about beauty and form.
Often appears as...
- embody ideas
- embody creativity
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Artistic
verb
To represent or express something in a concrete or visible form.
The old man embodies all the wisdom and experience of his generation.
Often appears as...
- embody wisdom
- embody characteristics
verb
To include or contain something as a part.
The software embodies many new features that make it easier to use.
Often appears as...
- embody features
- embody traits
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To put into a physical or visible form.
These sculptures embody the artist's ideas about beauty and form.
Often appears as...
- embody ideas
- embody creativity
Usage tips
Artistic
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Pro Tip 1/3Human Qualities
Used when someone exemplifies traits we admire or see as significant to a group or concept.
She embodies persistence in her journey to become an Olympic athlete.
Pro Tip 2/3Living Examples
Often applies to how people demonstrate an idea or quality by their existence or behavior.
This teacher embodies patience with every troubled student.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Icons
Can describe someone who captures the essence of a cultural identity or moment.
The revolutionary embodies the spirit of the people's struggle.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Qualities
Used when someone exemplifies traits we admire or see as significant to a group or concept.
She embodies persistence in her journey to become an Olympic athlete.
Pro Tip 2/3Living Examples
Often applies to how people demonstrate an idea or quality by their existence or behavior.
This teacher embodies patience with every troubled student.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Icons
Can describe someone who captures the essence of a cultural identity or moment.
The revolutionary embodies the spirit of the people's struggle.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Qualities
Used when someone exemplifies traits we admire or see as significant to a group or concept.
She embodies persistence in her journey to become an Olympic athlete.
Pro Tip 2/3Living Examples
Often applies to how people demonstrate an idea or quality by their existence or behavior.
This teacher embodies patience with every troubled student.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Icons
Can describe someone who captures the essence of a cultural identity or moment.
The revolutionary embodies the spirit of the people's struggle.
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How to find work you...
the person that has the bakery down the street. But you're doing work that embodies who you are. I want to share those three with you, so we can use them as a lens for the rest of today and hopefully the rest of our life. The first part of this three-step passionate work framework is becoming a self-expert and understanding yourself, because if you don't know what you're looking for,
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How to create a great...
you start with three steps first select what type of name you want there are seven different categories of names and pretty much every brand in the world falls within one of these seven categories eponymous names like disney and burberry work by embodying the vision and beliefs of their founders these names are okay if you're feeling lazy or just have a
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Something that motivates me, and gets me really excited about my research, is when I see simple opportunities to drastically change that distribution and make the technology accessible to a much wider percentage of the population. I'm going to show you two videos that have gotten a lot of attention that I think embody this philosophy.
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Why I'm done trying to...
I either had to reject embodying any of these qualities or face rejection myself. This is the script that we've been given. Right? Girls are weak, and boys are strong. This is what's being subconsciously communicated to hundreds of millions of young boys and girls all over the world,
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Your brain hallucinates...
When the brain uses predictions to control and regulate things, we experience how well or how badly that control is going. So our most basic experiences of being a self, of being an embodied organism, are deeply grounded in the biological mechanisms that keep us alive.
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What is abstract...
They destroyed conventions of painting that had stood for centuries, forcing the art world to rethink them entirely. But one last reason why Jackson Pollock's work has stayed prominent stems from the specific objects he made, which embody fascinating contradictions.
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Everything you need to...
and the monster becomes a disfigured mirror of the natural cycle of life. The monster, therefore, embodies Dr. Frankenstein's corruption of nature in the quest for glory. This constitutes his fatal flaw, or hamartia. His god complex is most clear in the line,
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What did democracy...
disparaged this form of democracy as being anarchic and run by fools. But today the word has such positive associations, that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds.
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But again, I'm really trying to dig deep, challenge myself, find that voice and kind of honor it. A huge part of why we feel the ocean is so powerful with grief, is that she embodies this kind of endless abyss that can hold all of us.
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Exotic Castaways Of...
carnival embodies the true spirit of the caribbean a vibrant melting pot of life
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How to find work you...
the person that has the bakery down the street. But you're doing work that embodies who you are. I want to share those three with you, so we can use them as a lens for the rest of today and hopefully the rest of our life. The first part of this three-step passionate work framework is becoming a self-expert and understanding yourself, because if you don't know what you're looking for,
Video examples
How to create a great...
you start with three steps first select what type of name you want there are seven different categories of names and pretty much every brand in the world falls within one of these seven categories eponymous names like disney and burberry work by embodying the vision and beliefs of their founders these names are okay if you're feeling lazy or just have a
Video examples
Wii remote hacks PIPE...
Something that motivates me, and gets me really excited about my research, is when I see simple opportunities to drastically change that distribution and make the technology accessible to a much wider percentage of the population. I'm going to show you two videos that have gotten a lot of attention that I think embody this philosophy.
Video examples
Why I'm done trying to...
I either had to reject embodying any of these qualities or face rejection myself. This is the script that we've been given. Right? Girls are weak, and boys are strong. This is what's being subconsciously communicated to hundreds of millions of young boys and girls all over the world,
Video examples
Your brain hallucinates...
When the brain uses predictions to control and regulate things, we experience how well or how badly that control is going. So our most basic experiences of being a self, of being an embodied organism, are deeply grounded in the biological mechanisms that keep us alive.
Video examples
What is abstract...
They destroyed conventions of painting that had stood for centuries, forcing the art world to rethink them entirely. But one last reason why Jackson Pollock's work has stayed prominent stems from the specific objects he made, which embody fascinating contradictions.
Video examples
Everything you need to...
and the monster becomes a disfigured mirror of the natural cycle of life. The monster, therefore, embodies Dr. Frankenstein's corruption of nature in the quest for glory. This constitutes his fatal flaw, or hamartia. His god complex is most clear in the line,
Video examples
What did democracy...
disparaged this form of democracy as being anarchic and run by fools. But today the word has such positive associations, that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds.
Video examples
Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
But again, I'm really trying to dig deep, challenge myself, find that voice and kind of honor it. A huge part of why we feel the ocean is so powerful with grief, is that she embodies this kind of endless abyss that can hold all of us.
Video examples
Exotic Castaways Of...
carnival embodies the true spirit of the caribbean a vibrant melting pot of life
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors inhabit the same planet as everyone else. It's a weird thing that happens when you're an actor because people hold you up because you somehow embody in parts groups of people or people's hopes or something.
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Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian Politician
Sometimes you need other people to embody situations so that you can talk about things that for you are important. And I think that being able to hope for the future is what builds in us the strength to just get rid of things that, in the past, can hurt.
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Charles Sanders Peirce
American Philosopher
A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied in its character as a law except by determining a habit. A quality is how something may or might have been. A law is how an endless future must continue to be.
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Jackie Earle Haley
American Actor
I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy.
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Gary Oldman
English Actor
Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.
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Billie Joe Armstrong
American Singer
Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
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Lizz Wright
American Musician
As I grow older, I hope I can fully embody my grandmother's remarkable peace.
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Urijah Faber
American Athlete
I think the California mentality is laid-back, and I definitely embody that.
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Clemence Poesy
French Actress
To embody a character, you have to lose all judgment about them.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors inhabit the same planet as everyone else. It's a weird thing that happens when you're an actor because people hold you up because you somehow embody in parts groups of people or people's hopes or something.
Quote examples
Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian Politician
Sometimes you need other people to embody situations so that you can talk about things that for you are important. And I think that being able to hope for the future is what builds in us the strength to just get rid of things that, in the past, can hurt.
Quote examples
Charles Sanders Peirce
American Philosopher
A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied in its character as a law except by determining a habit. A quality is how something may or might have been. A law is how an endless future must continue to be.
Quote examples
Jackie Earle Haley
American Actor
I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy.
Quote examples
Gary Oldman
English Actor
Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.
Quote examples
Billie Joe Armstrong
American Singer
Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
Quote examples
Lizz Wright
American Musician
As I grow older, I hope I can fully embody my grandmother's remarkable peace.
Quote examples
Urijah Faber
American Athlete
I think the California mentality is laid-back, and I definitely embody that.
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Clemence Poesy
French Actress
To embody a character, you have to lose all judgment about them.
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.
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