incarnation

US: /ˌɪnˈkɑɹˈneɪʃən/
UK: /ɪnkɑːnˈe‍ɪʃən/


English Vietnamese dictionary


incarnation /,inkɑ:'neiʃn/
  • danh từ
    • sự tạo hình hài cụ thể
    • hiện thân
      • to be the incarnation of courage: là hiện thân của tinh thần dũng cảm
    • (tôn giáo) (the Incarnation) sự hiện thân của Chúa

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 [C] 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.
2 [C] a person who represents a particular quality, for example, in human form: the incarnation of evil
3 [sing., U] (also the Incarnation) (in Christianity) the act of God coming to earth in human form as Jesus

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

current, latest, modern, new, present
(figurative) In its new incarnation, the car has a more rounded body shape.
| last | earlier, previous | future

PREP.

~ as
her previous incarnation as a Norse explorer


Concise English dictionary


incarnations‚ɪnkɑr'neɪʃn /-'kɑː'n-
noun
+a new personification of a familiar idea
+(Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
+time passed in a particular bodily form
+the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.