incarnation
noun/ˌɪnkɑːˈneɪʃn/
/ˌɪnkɑːrˈneɪʃn/
- [countable] a period of life in a particular form
- one of the incarnations of Vishnu
- He believed he had been a prince in a previous incarnation.
- (figurative) I worked for her in her earlier incarnation (= her previous job) as a lawyer.
- her previous incarnation as a Norse explorer
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- latest
- modern
- …
- incarnation as
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- [countable] a person who represents a particular quality, for example, in human form synonym embodiment
- the incarnation of evil
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- latest
- modern
- …
- incarnation as
- [singular, uncountable] (also the Incarnation)(in Christianity) the act of God coming to earth in human form as Jesus
Word OriginMiddle English (as a term in Christian theology): via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio(n-), from the verb incarnare, from in- ‘into’ + caro, carn- ‘flesh’.
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