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2006-12-08 04:02:26 · 9 answers · asked by ayyadlphs 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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mookvey got it. Allude it to suggest or refer without being too specific.

Not to be confused with similar sounding (but not identical) ELUDE, which is to escape capture, as the others have been confused.

"The interviewer alluded to a high salary without ever mentioning any actual numbers."

2006-12-08 04:07:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Allude means to refer to; elude means to dodge or escape.

You can allude to the above reference.

2006-12-08 04:09:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Here's an example sentence using "allude" in it. Feel free to use it: just award the points to me please! I am very interested in showing allude teacher just what else I have learned! Please award Best Answer points to me right now because I do not like to wait, and I am already impatient with you. You already recognize the deep wisdom and unassailable eternal truth of my answer, so just get it over with and award the points to me RIGHT NOW!

2016-03-28 23:17:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It was something else he was alluding to.

2006-12-08 04:09:40 · answer #4 · answered by packerswes4 5 · 0 0

al·lude (-ld) KEY

intr.v.
al·lud·ed , al·lud·ing , al·ludes

To make an indirect reference: The candidate alluded to the recent war by saying, "We've all made sacrifices."

2006-12-08 04:11:20 · answer #5 · answered by Brite Tiger 6 · 0 0

"He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"

2006-12-08 04:03:58 · answer #6 · answered by mookvey 3 · 1 0

"He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"

2006-12-08 04:09:15 · answer #7 · answered by Alrahcam 4 · 2 0

I don't know. The answer alludes me.

These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. --Hooker.

2006-12-08 04:04:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

"She alluded the police, but just barely!"

Meaning she narrowly escaped the police. She got past them.

2006-12-08 04:04:59 · answer #9 · answered by Jessie D. 3 · 0 2

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