adumbration

• Substantiv, das die Handlung bezeichnet, etwas vage oder teilweise anzudeuten, oder eine schematische, unvollkommene, dunkle Vorstellung einer Idee oder eines Gegenstands.

A noun referring to the act of giving a vague or partial indication of something in advance, or a sketchy, imperfect, or faint representation of an idea or object.

1. Vague indication or foreshadowingC2formal

   The act of giving a faint or partial outline of something that will happen in the future.

   Vorbote oder vage Andeutung

   • The early chapters of the novel contain an adumbration of the tragic ending.
   • His speech was an adumbration of the major policy changes to come.
   • The artist's sketch was an adumbration of the final masterpiece.

   Synonymeforeshadowinghintinklingintimationomenportentprefigurationpresagesuggestion

   Antonymemanifestationrealizationrevelation

2. Imperfect or sketchy representationC2formal

   A rough, incomplete, or faint representation of something.

   Unvollständige oder skizzenhafte Darstellung

   • The ancient map was merely an adumbration of the continent's true shape.
   • Her first draft was an adumbration of the detailed report she later produced.
   • The witness could only provide an adumbration of the suspect's appearance.

   Synonymedrafthintoutlinesemblanceshadowsketchsuggestion

   Antonymedelineationelaboration