adumbration
101shade — [n1] dimness adumbration, blackness, coolness, cover, darkness, dusk, gloominess, obscuration, obscurity, penumbra, screen, semidarkness, shadiness, shadow, shadows, umbra, umbrage; concept 620 Ant. brightness, light shade [n2] blind, shield… …
102shadow — [n1] darkness adumbration, cover, dark, dimness, dusk, gloom, obscuration, obscurity, penumbra, protection, shade, shelter, umbra, umbrage; concepts 620,622 Ant. brightness, light shadow [n2] hint, suggestion breath, intimation, memento, relic,… …
103sketch — [n] drawing, outline account, adumbration, aperçu, blueprint, cartoon, chart, compendium, configuration, copy, delineation, depiction, description, design, diagram, digest, doodle, draft, figuration, figure, form, illustration, likeness,… …
104adumbrate — v.t. shadow forth; outline; sketch out. ♦ adumbrative, a. ♦ adumbration, n …
105adumbrate — ► VERB formal 1) give a faint or general idea of. 2) foreshadow. DERIVATIVES adumbration noun. ORIGIN Latin adumbrare shade, overshadow …
106adumbrate — [ad um′brāt΄, ad′əm brāt΄] vt. adumbrated, adumbrating [< L adumbratus, pp. of adumbrari, to shade < ad , to + umbra, SHADE] 1. to outline in a shadowy way; sketch 2. to suggest beforehand; foreshadow in a vague way 3. to obscure;… …
107adumbrate — v.tr. 1 indicate faintly. 2 represent in outline. 3 foreshadow, typify. 4 overshadow. Derivatives: adumbration n. adumbrative adj. Etymology: L adumbrare (as AD , umbrare f. umbra shade) …
108foreshadowing — I noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand • Syn: ↑prefiguration, ↑adumbration • Derivationally related forms: ↑foreshadow, ↑prefigure (for: ↑ …
109prefiguration — noun 1. an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come • Derivationally related forms: ↑prefigure • Hypernyms: ↑model, ↑example 2. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand • Syn: ↑foreshadowing …
110prevision — noun 1. a prophetic vision (as in a dream) (Freq. 5) • Hypernyms: ↑vision 2. the power to foresee the future • Syn: ↑prescience • Derivationally related forms: ↑p …
