adumbration

/ˌædəmˈbreɪʃən/
noun
  1. A rough or partial outline or sketch of something.
    • The proposal is only an adumbration of the final plan.
    • The artist's first adumbration of the painting was just a few pencil lines.
    • Historians found an adumbration of the treaty in early diplomatic notes.
  2. A sign or indication of something that will happen in the future.
    • The early protests were an adumbration of the revolution to come.
    • Her nervousness was an adumbration of the difficult news she had to deliver.
    • The stock market drop was an adumbration of the recession.
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