adumbrateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈæd.əm.breɪt/us/ˈæd.əm.breɪt/formalto give only the main facts and not the details about something, especially something that will happen in the future:
The project's objectives were adumbrated in the report.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- expound
- fill
- get sth across
- justify
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
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adumbration
noun [ U ] uk/ˌæd.əmˈbreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæd.əmˈbreɪ.ʃən/