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   Ad·um·brate

   /ˈadəmˌbrāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. report or represent in outline: formal "they have adumbrated the importance of education as a means of social transformation"
   • ▪ indicate faintly: formal "the walls were not more than adumbrated by the meager light"
   • ▪ foreshadow or symbolize: formal "what qualities in Christ are adumbrated by the vine?"
   • ▪ overshadow: formal "her happy reminiscences were adumbrated by consciousness of something else"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin adumbrat- ‘shaded’, from the verb adumbrare, from ad- ‘to’ (as an intensifier) + umbrare ‘cast a shadow’ (from umbra ‘shade’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. adumbration noun
   • 2. adumbrative adjective

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   What is adumbrate verb?

   • Definition of adumbrate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary adumbrate something to give a general idea or description of something without details synonym outline Want to learn more? Definition of adumbrate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   What is the synonym of adumbrate?

   • Synonyms for adumbrate. to give an indication of something in advance. Synonyms. augur. bode. forecast. forerun. foreshadow.

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   What does adumbration mean?

   • 1. to give a faint image or indication of; outline or sketch. 2. to foreshadow; prefigure, esp. in an indistinct or formless way. 3. to darken or conceal partially; overshadow. ad`um•bra′tion, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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   What does a type adumbrate?

   • A type is a symbol appointed by God to adumbrate something higher in the future, which is called the antitype. One could adumbrate triumph or disaster by the effort, sustained or otherwise, made by them. So far as communism of capital is concerned, did not Cleveland's graphic statement adumbrate the conditions as they exist today?

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   to give only the main facts and not the details about something, especially something that will happen in the future: The project's objectives were adumbrated in the report. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Defining & explaining. account (to someone) for something. accountability. adumbration. annotation. annotator. demythologize.

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     ADUMBRATE translations: （尤指对未来的事情）概括说明，勾画轮廓. Learn more in...

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   adumbrate. adumbrate something to give a general idea or description of something without details synonym outline. Want to learn more? Definition of adumbrate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   1. to give a faint image or indication of; outline or sketch. 2. to foreshadow; prefigure, esp. in an indistinct or formless way. 3. to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.

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   Feb 22, 2024 · Verb[edit] adumbrate (third-person singular simple present adumbrates, present participle adumbrating, simple past and past participle adumbrated) To foreshadow vaguely . To give a vague outline . To obscure or overshadow.

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   1 day ago · adumbrate in American English. (ædˈʌmˌbreɪt ; ˈædəmˌbreɪt ) verb transitive Word forms: adˈumˌbrated or adˈumˌbrating. 1. to outline in a shadowy way; sketch. 2. to suggest beforehand; foreshadow in a vague way. 3. to obscure; overshadow.

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   adumbrate. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ad‧um‧brate /ˈædʌmbreɪt/ verb [ transitive] formal to suggest or describe something in an incomplete way → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus adumbrate • The incident adumbrates an attitude of mind which is mirrored in the linguistic techniques exploited later in the novel.