to allude to something
1allude to something — allude to (someone/something) to refer to someone or something briefly or indirectly. In his letter, Dick alluded to problems the company was facing, but he never suggested they were going out of business …
2allude to something — alˈlude to sb/sth derived (formal) to mention sth in an indirect way • The problem had been alluded to briefly in earlier discussions. Main entry: ↑alludederived …
3allude to — al ˈlude ˌto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they allude to he/she/it alludes to present participle alluding to …
4allude to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms allude to : present tense I/you/we/they allude to he/she/it alludes to present participle alluding to past tense alluded to past participle alluded to formal allude to something to mention someone or something …
5allude vs elude — To allude to something is a verb. It means to refer to something indirectly. For example: He alluded to the scandal without direclty mentioning it. To elude something is a verb. It can mean to escape or evade capture in a clever way, or… …
6allude — al|lude [ ə lud ] verb al lude ,to phrasal verb transitive FORMAL allude to something to mention someone or something in an indirect way …
7allude — [[t]əlu͟ːd[/t]] alludes, alluding, alluded VERB If you allude to something, you mention it in an indirect way. [FORMAL] [V to n] With friends, she sometimes alluded to a feeling that she herself was to blame for her son s predicament. Syn: refer …
8allude — allude, allusion 1. To allude to someone or something is to mention them ‘indirectly or covertly’, i.e. without mentioning their name, unlike refer, which means to mention them directly, i.e. by name. So if you refer to Julius Caesar you name him …
9Allude — Al*lude , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Alluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alluding}.] [L. alludere to play with, to allude; ad + ludere to play.] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly… …
10allude to someone — allude to (someone/something) to refer to someone or something briefly or indirectly. In his letter, Dick alluded to problems the company was facing, but he never suggested they were going out of business …