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Adumbrate

usgb/ˈædəmbreɪt/Volume
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Outline Vagueness

Use 'adumbrate' when you want to describe a plan or idea without giving away every detail.

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In the meeting, she adumbrated the company's vision for the next year.
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Initial Thoughts

Use it to introduce the initial stages or thoughts about a complex subject.

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The lecture adumbrated the history of the Renaissance but didn't cover it all.
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Not a Summary

'Adumbrate' conveys a sense of beginning to describe, not summarizing the whole.

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He adumbrated the novel's themes without giving an entire summary.
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