adumbration

ad·um·brate (

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tr.v. ad·um·brat·ed, ad·um·brat·ing, ad·um·brates

1. To give a sketchy outline of.

2. To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.

3. To disclose partially or guardedly.

4. To overshadow; shadow or obscure.

[Latin adumbrre, adumbrt-, to represent in outline : ad-, ad- + umbra, shadow.]

adum·bration n.

ad·umbra·tive (

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v) adj.

ad·umbra·tive·ly adv.

adumbration

a sketchy representation of something.

See also: Representation

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	adumbration - the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand foreshadowing, prefiguration prediction, anticipation, prevision - the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
	2.	adumbration - a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something

Translations

adumbration [ˌædʌmˈbreɪʃən] N (frm) → bosquejo m; (= foreshadowing) → presagio m, anuncio m

adumbration

n (liter)

(of theory) → Umriss m

(of event) → Ankündigung f, → Anzeichen nt

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adumbrate
anticipation
foreshadowing
prediction
prefiguration
prevision
representation

In ways the hee-hee council was an adumbration of the councils of primitive man, and of the great national assemblies and international conventions of latter-day man.

Before Adam by London, Jack View in context

He was as splendid a brute--an adumbration of the splendid human conquerors and rulers, higher on the ladder of evolution, who have appeared in other times and places.

Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context

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