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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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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › adumbrateAdumbrate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Adumbrate is a verb that means to foreshadow vaguely, suggest partially, or overshadow. It comes from the Latin word umbra, meaning “shadow,” and is used in academic and political writing.

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   Adumbrate means to give only the main facts and not the details about something, especially something that will happen in the future. Learn how to use this formal verb with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in different languages.

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5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › adumbrateAdumbrate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   To adumbrate something is to outline it. In an English essay, you could adumbrate the themes in a novel; or, in a letter to Santa, you could adumbrate all the ways you have been behaving.

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   Adumbrate definition: to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.. See examples of ADUMBRATE used in a sentence.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryADUMBRATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Adumbrate means to give only the main facts and not the details about something, especially something that will happen in the future. Learn how to use this formal verb with examples from different sources and translations in other languages.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishADUMBRATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Adumbrate means to outline, foreshadow, or overshadow something. Learn the word origin, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage of adumbrate with sentences from Collins English Dictionary.

9. www.thefreedictionary.com › adumbrateAdumbrate - definition of adumbrate by The Free Dictionary

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   Adumbrate means to give a sketchy outline of, to foreshadow, or to overshadow. It comes from Latin adumbrāre, meaning to cast a shadow on. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples.