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ADUMBRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adumbration mean? 

ADUMBRATION (noun)
  The noun ADUMBRATION has 2 senses:

1. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehandplay

2. a sketchy or imperfect or faint representationplay

  Familiarity information: ADUMBRATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADUMBRATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

adumbration; foreshadowing; prefiguration

Hypernyms ("adumbration" is a kind of...):

anticipation; prediction; prevision (the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future))


Sense 2

Meaning:

A sketchy or imperfect or faint representation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("adumbration" is a kind of...):

representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)


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