embracing

4 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to accept something enthusiastically:

This was an opportunity that he would embrace.

to hold someone tightly with both arms to express love, liking, or sympathy, or when greeting or leaving someone:

She saw them embrace on the station platform.

He leaned over to embrace the child.

to include something, often as one of a number of things:

Linguistics embraces a diverse range of subjects such as phonetics and stylistics.