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Collocations for embrace - noun

ADJECTIVE

close, strong, tight, warm
the comfort of her warm embrace
comforting, gentle, loving, sweet, tender
passionate
friendly, protective
long, quick

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VERB + embrace

be locked in, hold sb in
They were locked in a passionate embrace on the station platform.
tighten
He closed his eyes and tightened his embrace.
feel
She would give anything just to feel his warm embrace again.
share
The two friends shared one last embrace.
accept
She accepted his warm embrace.
return (esp. AmE)
He returned the embrace for a moment.
escape, escape from, free yourself from
He managed to free himself from her embrace.
release sb from
He released her from his embrace.

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PREPOSITION

in an embrace
two lovers in a tight embrace
into an embrace
He drew her into his embrace.

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Collocations for embrace - verb

1. put your arms around sb

ADVERB

tightly, warmly
He rose from his chair and embraced her warmly.
gently, passionately

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2. accept sth

ADVERB

genuinely, really, truly
the only party which fully embraces the concept of democracy
completely, fully
widely (esp. AmE)
Soccer has become more widely embraced by Americans.
eagerly, enthusiastically, happily, passionately, readily, warmly, wholeheartedly, with enthusiasm
She embraced the feminist cause with enthusiasm.
increasingly
openly, publicly

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Embrace is used with these nouns as the object:
capitalism, cause, change, communism, concept, creed, culture, diversity, doctrine, future, heritage, idea, ideal, ideology, movement, philosophy, principle, reform, religion, revolution, role, technology, view, vision, whole

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