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adumbrate

/ˈædəmbreɪt/verb

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रूपरेखा देना, संक्षेप में संकेत देना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] formal

    to give a general idea or description of something without details

    रूपरेखा देना, संक्षेप में संकेत देना

    • The minister adumbrated the main features of the new policy.
    • The report only adumbrates a solution.

    Synonyms outline sketch indicate suggest

  2. 2

    [T] formal

    to suggest or show that something is going to happen in the future

    पूर्वाभास देना, भविष्य का संकेत देना

    • Her early stories adumbrate the themes of her later novels.

    Synonyms foreshadow presage prefigure herald

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adumbration noun