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- Dictionaryadumbrate/ˈadʌmbreɪt/
verb
- 1. represent in outline: "Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state"
- 2. foreshadow (a future event): "tenors solemnly adumbrate the fate of the convicted sinner"
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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.
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.
Adumbrate definition: to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.. See examples of ADUMBRATE used in a sentence.
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.
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.
Adumbrate means to outline, foreshadow, or overshadow something. Learn the word origin, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage of adumbrate with sentences from Collins English Dictionary.
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.
