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# incarnation

noun (an incarnation, incarnations; the Incarnation)

«incarnation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (church) The Incarnation is the Christian belief that God the Son became a human being, Jesus, born of Mary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#m1)
2. A person or thing that shows a quality perfectly: «She is the incarnation of kindness.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#m2)
3. One of the lives or forms of someone or something: «in a past incarnation», «the latest incarnation of the phone». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#m3)
4. (Hindu belief) A form in which a god appears on earth, such as Krishna as an incarnation (avatar) of Vishnu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#m4)

### In the lessons

In religion lessons, Christmas celebrates the Incarnation: Christians believe «the Word became flesh». In Hinduism avatars are incarnations of gods. In everyday speech «a past incarnation» jokes about someone's earlier job or life. Phrases: «the Incarnation», «the incarnation of evil», «in a former incarnation».

### Examples

- At Christmas Christians celebrate the Incarnation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#x1)
- Christians believe Jesus is God's incarnation as a man. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#x2)
- Hindus see Krishna as an incarnation of Vishnu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#x3)
- The villain was the incarnation of evil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#x4)
- In a past incarnation, our teacher was a chef. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#x5)
- This is the newest incarnation of the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#x6)
- No wonder Brer Rabbit is so 'cute: he is nothing less than an incarnation of Buddha. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/#x7)

### Note

Capital I for the Christian belief. Adjective: incarnate («the devil incarnate», «God incarnate»). From Latin «in carne», in the flesh. Related: reincarnation (being born again in a new body).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «incarnation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incarnation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«incarnation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/incarnation.html) on Mova free.