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Adumbrate

usgb/ˈædəmbreɪt/Volume
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Outline VaguenessPlay
Use 'adumbrate' when you want to describe a plan or idea without giving away every detail. SlideIn the meeting, she adumbrated the company's vision for the next year.
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Initial ThoughtsPlay
Use it to introduce the initial stages or thoughts about a complex subject. SlideThe lecture adumbrated the history of the Renaissance but didn't cover it all.
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Not a SummaryPlay
'Adumbrate' conveys a sense of beginning to describe, not summarizing the whole. SlideHe adumbrated the novel's themes without giving an entire summary.