"adumbrate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈædʌmˌbɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adumbrate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: adumbrates [present, singular, third-person], adumbrating [participle, present], adumbrated [participle, past], adumbrated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin adumbrātus (“represented in outline”), from adumbrāre (“cast a shadow on”), from umbra (“shadow”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|adumbrātus||represented in outline}} Latin adumbrātus (“represented in outline”), {{m|la|adumbrō|adumbrāre|cast a shadow on}} adumbrāre (“cast a shadow on”), {{m|la|umbra||shadow}} umbra (“shadow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} adumbrate (third-person singular simple present adumbrates, present participle adumbrating, simple past and past participle adumbrated)
  1. To foreshadow vaguely. Translations (To foreshadow vaguely.): ぼんやりと暗示する (bonyarito anji suru) (Japanese), 予示する (yoji suru) (Japanese), مڠعلامتکن [Jawi] (Malay), mengalamatkan [Rumi] (Malay)
    Sense id: en-adumbrate-en-verb-70ijWaCj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 24 7 Disambiguation of 'To foreshadow vaguely.': 97 2 1
  2. To give a vague outline. Translations (To give a vague outline.): скицирам (skiciram) (Bulgarian), nastínit (Czech), de contouren vluchtig schetsen (Dutch), umreißen (German), 概説する (gaisetsu suru) (Japanese), ممبايڠکن [Jawi] (Malay), membayangkan [Rumi] (Malay), adumbrar (Portuguese), наброса́ть (nabrosátʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-adumbrate-en-verb-q1eOaGwa Disambiguation of 'To give a vague outline.': 2 94 4
  3. To obscure or overshadow. Translations (To obscure or overshadow.): overschaduwen (Dutch), 暗くする (kuraku suru) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-adumbrate-en-verb-7aQk7t~P Disambiguation of 'To obscure or overshadow.': 1 4 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adumbrant, adumbration, adumbrative Related terms: umbra#Derived_terms

Verb [Latin]

IPA: /a.dumˈbraː.te/ [Classical], [äd̪ʊmˈbräːt̪ɛ] [Classical], /a.dumˈbra.te/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [äd̪umˈbräːt̪e] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: adumbrāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=adumbrāte}} adumbrāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of adumbrō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: adumbrō
    Sense id: en-adumbrate-la-verb-aMTEBuTi Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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