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SHADES OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shades of mean? 

SHADES OF (noun)
  The noun SHADES OF has 1 sense:

1. something that reminds you of someone or something

  Familiarity information: SHADES OF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHADES OF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that reminds you of someone or something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

aren't there shades of 1948 here?

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

reminder (an experience that causes you to remember something)


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