Definition Synonyms
Definition of adumbration - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
outlineDated faint sketch or brief representationDated
- The artist's adumbration hinted at a future masterpiece.
2.
foreshadowingDated rough or symbolic representation of future eventsDated
- The novel's adumbration hinted at the hero's fate.
3.
philosophyRare perspectival aspect of an object as it appears to an observerRare
- Different adumbrations reveal the cube's hidden sides to each observer.
Origin of adumbration
Latin, adumbrare (to shadow)
Examples of adumbration in a sentence
Her adumbration of the concept was both clear and concise. The film's adumbration suggested a tragic ending. His speech was an adumbration of the reforms to come. From here, the sphere presents a different adumbration. Each movement creates a new adumbration of the statue.
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- French:esquisse, préfiguration, ...
- German:Skizze, Abschattung, ...
- Italian:abbozzo, prefigurazione, ...
- Spanish:representación, adumbración, ...
- Portuguese:esboço, presságio, ...
- Chinese:模糊草图, 预兆, ...
- Japanese:下絵, 予兆, ...
- Arabic:تَخْطِيط, تَلْمِيح مُسْبَق, ...
- Hebrew:רִישּׁוּם קַלּוּשׁ, רְמִיזָה, ...
- Russian:набросок, предвосхищение, ...
- Ukrainian:ескіз, натяк, ...
- Hindi:संकेत, पूर्वाभास, ...
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