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# allude

«allude» in Mova's school dictionary: **to mention it briefly or indirectly, without saying it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (allude, alludes, alluded, alluding); always with «to»

### meaning for a pupil

To allude to something is to mention it briefly or indirectly, without saying it outright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allude/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a character hints at an old event or a person without naming them directly

### examples

- She alluded to the storm without naming it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allude/#x1)
- He alluded to his old job when he spoke of the mill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allude/#x2)
- The story alludes to an earlier war between the kingdoms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allude/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «allude» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allude/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.