allude
/əˈljuːd/US/əˈlud/
allude verb: to refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.
Verb
allude (third-person singular simple present alludes, present participle alluding, simple past and past participle alluded)
- To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.
- First, she alluded to her husband as "the man at home looking after the children". Then she referred to him as "my George".
- These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use.1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book V, Chapter xxix.3, 1841 ed., page 523
allude meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
allude in Tamil
- குறிப்பாகத் தெரிவி, சுட்டு, மறை முகமாய்க் குறிப்பிடு, மறைமுகமாகக் குறிப்பிடு
allude in Urdu
- اشارہ کرنا, اِشاروں میں کہنا, کِنایَہ کَرنا, بُلانا, حَوالَہ دینا, تلمیح کرنا
allude in Bengali
- পরক্ষভাবে উল্লেখ করা
allude in Malayalam
- പരോക്ഷമായി, ചിലപ്പോൾ നിർദേശമെന്ന നിലയിൽ, സൂചിപ്പിക്കുക
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- allude in Kannada
- ಸುಳಿವು ಕೊಡು, ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾಪಿಸು, ಸೂಚಿಸು, ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸು
- allude in Persian
- اشاره کردن ešâre kardan
- allude in Thai
- พาดพิง
Examples of allude in a sentence
- If you are alluding to Dostoevski’s worst novels, then, indeed, I dislike intensely The Karamazov Brothers and the ghastly Crime and Punishment rigmarole.
- Richter's concept of 'capitalist realism' alluded to the doctrines of socialist realism east of the border.
- Smudger An old term for a photographer, one that alludes to dodgy developing.
Synonyms of allude
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Forms of allude
| third-person singular present | alludes |
|---|---|
| present participle | alluding |
| past participle | alluded |
| past | alluded |
Origin of allude
From Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere (“to play with or allude”), from ad + ludere (“to play”). See also al-.
Words formed from allude
Words that rhyme with allude
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- lewd
- rood
- snood
- Jude
- denude
- extrude
- exude
- feud
- nude
- obtrude
- reclude
- stewed
- subdued
- transclude
- abrood
- delude
- hewed
- intrude
- oud
- pood
- screwed
- seclude
- skewed
- strewed
- thewed
- you'd
- 'tude
- ablude
- abstrude
- accrued
- blued
- boo'd
- booed
- brewed
- Bude
- chewed
- chud
- clued
- collude
- construed
- cooed
- crewed
- cued
- debuted
- dzud
- fod
- frood
- glued
Questions about allude
- What does allude mean?
- Allude means to refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.
- What is allude in Tamil?
- Allude in Tamil is குறிப்பாகத் தெரிவி, சுட்டு, மறை முகமாய்க் குறிப்பிடு. See Allude meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is allude?
- Allude is a verb.
- How do you pronounce allude?
- Allude is pronounced /əˈljuːd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of allude?
- The past tense of allude is alluded.
Words near allude in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: allude (page history and authors); allude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); allude (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); allude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); allude (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); allude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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