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Meaning of "obumbration" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBUMBRATION

obumbration  [ˌɒbʌmˈbreɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBUMBRATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obumbration is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OBUMBRATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of obumbration in the English dictionary

The definition of obumbration in the dictionary is the action of making dim, dark, obfuscated or eclipsed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBUMBRATION


administration
ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən
adumbration
ˌædʌmˈbreɪʃən
calibration
ˌkælɪˈbreɪʃən
celebration
ˌselɪˈbreɪʃən
cerebration
ˌsɛrɪˈbreɪʃən
concelebration
kənˌsɛlɪˈbreɪʃən
corporation
ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
cribration
krɪˈbreɪʃən
decerebration
diːˌsɛrɪˈbreɪʃən
decoration
ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən
elucubration
ɪˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən
equilibration
ˌiːkwɪlaɪˈbreɪʃən
exprobration
ˌeksprəʊˈbreɪʃən
libration
laɪˈbreɪʃən
lucubration
ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən
noncelebration
ˌnɒnˌselɪˈbreɪʃən
recalibration
ˌriːkælɪˈbreɪʃən
terebration
ˌtɛrɪˈbreɪʃən
vertebration
ˌvɜːtɪˈbreɪʃən
vibration
vaɪˈbreɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBUMBRATION

obtundent
obtundity
obturate
obturation
obturator
obtuse
obtusely
obtuseness
obtusity
obumbrate
obvention
obverse
obversely
obversion
obvert
obviable
obviate
obviation
obviator
obvious

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBUMBRATION

accreditation
action
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
creation
destination
documentation
education
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of obumbration in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «obumbration» into 25 languages

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The translations of obumbration from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obumbration» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

obumbration
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obumbration
570 millions of speakers

English

obumbration
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

obumbration
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

obumbration
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

obumbration
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obumbration
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

obumbration
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obumbration
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyerapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

obumbration
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

obumbration
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

obumbration
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obumbration
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

obumbration
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

obumbration
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Obumbration
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

obumbration
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obumbration
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obumbration
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

obumbration
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obumbration
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

obumbration
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

obumbration
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obumbration
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

obumbration
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obumbration

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBUMBRATION»

The term «obumbration» is normally little used and occupies the 142.440 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBUMBRATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obumbration

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBUMBRATION»

Discover the use of obumbration in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obumbration and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. ...
We thus see that the Incarnation itself, not only in relation to the Virgin Mary, but in relation to the Humanity conceived in her womb, is described as an obumbration or overshadowing of Deity. This overshadowing is represented by the veils, ...
New Church gen. confer, 1878
2
Works
But an obumbration taking place in the attrition, each thing will become apparent, the first of the things that are mingled removing those that are placed under each other; neither of which happens to take place. Through these modes, therefore, ...
Aristotle, 1812
3
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
umbrette; umbri ferous; umbrose, umbrous; umbel, umbellate, umbelliferous.— Cpds: adumbrant, adumbrate, adumbration (whence, anl, adumbrative and adumbratory); inumbrate, tnumbration; obumbrant, obumbrate (adjandv), obumbration; ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
4
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
Iadmit that the outline, the sketcii, cannot be too soon made; but the finishing, the pruning, the bringing out of the better figures,—the condensation of prate into oratory, the concatenation of incident into event, the obumbration of description into ...
‎1844
5
Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
As it hath pleased God to give you the grace, scant given to the son of any famous personage, that your own worth should rather receive lustre than ' obumbration ' from your father's praises, so I wish you all his years and honours, to the ...
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1906
6
A complete dictionary of the English language: both with ...
To OBUMBRATE, ob-um'-brate. v. a. To shade, to cloud. OBUMBRATION, Ab-um- bia'-sliun. s. The act of darkening or clouding. OCCASION, Ak-ka'-zhin. s. Occurrence, casualty, incident ; opportunity, convenience; accidental cause; reason ...
Thomas Sheridan, 1789
7
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Hon. the Marquis of ...
As it hath pleased God to give you the grace, scant given to the son of any famous personage, that your own worth should rather receive lustre than ' obumbration ' from your father's praises, so I wish you all his years and honours, to the ...
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Robert Cecil marquess of Salisbury, Richard Arthur Roberts, 1906
8
An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... ob-tiw'-zhyn, s. pyliad; pylni Obumbrate, ob-ym'-brët, v. a. huddo; cymylu [iad, tywylliad Obumbration, ob-ym-brë'-shyn, s. hudd- Obuncous, ob-yn'-cys, a. tracham, cam hynod [eilwaith, ail-lifiad Obundation, o-byn-dë'-shyn, s. lliflad Obvention ...
Thomas Edwards, 1864
9
A Defence of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy ...
Athanasius saith expressly, " that all those graces and gifts were freely given her by the obumbration or overshadowing of the Holy Ghost, which the angel promised should come upon her." Martin, 7. Martin. Now let the English Bezites come ...
William Fulke, 1843
10
The Standard Pronouncing Dictionary of the French and ...
Ób-tüa'tg, stupidement Obtuseness, в. öb-tüs'nts, stupidité, f. Obtusion, s. vb-tft' zhún, l'action d'émousscr, f. ; l'état de ce qui est émoussé, гл. Obumbrate, va. ùb- um'brût, ombrager, couvrir, obscurcir. Obumbration, s. оЬ-йт-Ъга'яНйщ Taction ...
Alexander Spiers, Gabriel Surenne, 1890

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