adumbrate
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adumbrate
- /ˈædʌmˌbɹeɪt/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin adumbrātus (“represented in outline”), from adumbrāre (“cast a shadow on”), from umbra (“shadow”).
verb adumbrates · adumbrating · adumbrated
- To foreshadow vaguely. From track level, its operating floor looks particularly capacious, but there is a vacant space at one end which was designed to accommodate the control panel for the Perth-Inverness C.T.C. scheme; this was adumbrated as long ago as the 1955 Modernisation Plan, but now seems to be regarded as an unj
- To give a vague outline. Accordingly, even though readers always and understandably speak of the theories adumbrated by Socrates here as "Plato's theories", one ought not to speak of them so without some compunction--the writing itself, and also Plato the author, present these always in a spirit of open-ended exploration, a
- To obscure or overshadow.
Translations
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verb To foreshadow vaguely.
| 日本語 | ぼんやりと暗示する bonyarito anji suru, 予示する yoji suru |
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| Français | pressentir, supputer |
verb To give a vague outline.
| 日本語 | 概説する gaisetsu suru |
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| Português | adumbrar |
| Deutsch | umreißen |
| Русский | наброса́ть nabrosátʹ |
verb To obscure or overshadow.
| 日本語 | 暗くする kuraku suru |
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title = {adumbrate},
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year = {2026},
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