Usually means: Accepts or supports willingly and enthusiastically.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. embraces: Merriam-Webster
  2. embraces: Collins English Dictionary
  3. embraces: Vocabulary.com
  4. Embraces, embraces: Wordnik
  5. embraces: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. embraces: Wiktionary
  7. embraces: Dictionary.com
  8. embraces: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. embraces: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. embraces: Legal dictionary

(Note: See embrace as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (embrace)

verb:  (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo.
verb:  (transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete, rare) To fasten on, as armour.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To accept (someone) as a friend; to accept (someone's) help gladly.
verb:  (transitive, law, figuratively, obsolete) To attempt to influence (a court, jury, etc.) corruptly; to practise embracery.
noun:  An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
noun:  (figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
noun:  (figuratively) Full acceptance (of something).
noun:  (figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
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