Allude

Allude is commonly used with the preposition to: allude to (something). It means to refer to or hint at something indirectly.

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Word of the Day: Allude

The word that I will cover today is allude.

It is commonly used with the preposition to as in allude to (something).


It means to refer to or hint at something indirectly.


If a girl makes a lovely bento for her boyfriend, she is not saying ‘I love you’ directly, but she is alluding to it.

If you don’t get a nice bento…well, I have no comment on that.


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