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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
incarnation
in·car·na·tion [incarnation incarnations] BrE [ˌɪnkɑːˈneɪʃn] NAmE [ˌɪnkɑːrˈneɪʃn] noun
1. 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.
2. countable a person who represents a particular quality, for example, in human form
Syn: ↑embodiment
•the incarnation of evil
3. singular, uncountable (also the Incarnation) (in Christianity)the act of God coming to earth in human form as Jesus
Word Origin:
Middle 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’.
Example Bank:
•her previous incarnation as a Norse explorer
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