allude

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈluːd/

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Verb

Plain form allude

Third-person singular alludes

Past tense alluded

Past participle alluded

Present participle alluding

1. If you allude to something, you bring it up without actually saying it.

   When he mocked her by saying "I'm late! I'm late, for a very important date!", he was clearly alluding to the White Rabbit in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Related words

• allusion
• delude