(v. i.) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.
(v. t.) To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.
Example Sentences:
(1) What are New York values?” he asked the crowd, alluding to Cruz’s vague denigration of those “liberal” values in a January debate.
(2) The appearance of a band with lean, spiky songs, high cheekbones and excellent trousers was therefore the cause of considerable excitement, to which they mischievously alluded in the title of their debut album, Is This It.
(3) They did a recount,” she said, alluding to a campaign funded by the Green party .
(4) He also alluded to double standards applied by disciplinary bodies.
(5) Warm words from Obama for Biden leave door open for support for 2016 run Read more The US vice-president, in a conference call with Democratic National Committee members, said he was trying to decide whether he could give “my whole heart and my whole soul” to a run for the White House, but also alluded to the burden that had been placed on his family by the death of his son, Beau Biden .
(6) Wisconsin allowed representative Paul Ryan a similar loophole in 2012, as has Delaware for vice-president Joe Biden, precedents that Paul alluded to: “This idea did not originate with me, or even in this current cycle.” Paul made his ambitions plain as he pleaded to be made an exception.
(7) Pope Francis in DC: pontiff alludes to sex abuse and political divisions – live Read more “I am also conscious of the courage with which you have faced difficult moments in the recent history of the church in this country without fear of self-criticism and at the cost of mortification and great sacrifice,” he said.
(8) But their lyrics soon alluded to "blood on the ground".
(9) Pompeo vaguely alluded to CIA counter-terrorism “beyond Isis and al-Qaida”, but he did not follow up, nor did senators press him to elaborate.
(10) Many studies evaluating the effectiveness of coronary artery bypass graft surgery allude to the quality of life benefit resulting from surgery.
(11) I think Paul Ryan is soon to be ‘Cantored’, as in Eric Cantor,” she said, alluding to the former Republican House leader who was knocked out of his seat in 2014 by a more conservative candidate.
(12) Claim after sensational claim has appeared, some making reference to unusual anatomical features and others alluding to curious personal habits.
(13) Another, alluding to the infamous video in which a rebel fighter appears to take a bite from the heart of a dead soldier, showed Putin and Assad stirring a pot of blood, and Putin saying: "Let's say … FSA are cannibals."
(14) It is likely that stimulation of C4BP gene expression by dexamethasone may allude to a mechanism by which glucocorticoids exert their anti-inflammatory effects.
(15) Without making any accusation, the Everton manager, David Moyes, in the build-up, had alluded to the notion that Riley himself was once a fan of the Old Trafford club.
(16) The “three percenter” moniker alludes to the small percentage of colonials such groups claim fought in the American revolutionary war.
(17) I hope she is alluding not to a head-butt but to John Barrowman’s cheeky wee snog with a male dancer during the opening performance of the Commonwealth Games, which has led to a revised definition of the term – one that reflects the modern, friendly and tolerant city that Glasgow really is.
(18) The role played by these medicines in road accidents has often been alluded to in the literature, but the value of these previous studies was limited by the lack of quantitative assays.
(19) He also alludes to the fact that he chose to fight and die inside Libya rather than picking the route, in his view dishonourable, of foreign exile.
(20) 9.50pm BST Meanwhile in the National League As alluded to above, it seems just like yesterday that the Pittsburgh Pirates were starting to plan for a trip to the National League Championship Series.
Explicit
Definition:
(a.) A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
(a.) Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration.
(a.) Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement.
Example Sentences:
(1) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
(2) It transpired that in 65% of the analysed advertisements explicit or implicit claims were made.
(3) Moreover, the most recent combined application of the rat interstitial cell testosterone (RICT) bioassay and a novel multiple-parameter deonvolution model has allowed investigators to dissect plasma concentration profiles of bioactive LH into defined secretory bursts, which have numerically explicit amplitudes, locations in time, and durations, and are acted upon by determinable subject- and study-specific endogenous metabolic clearance rates.
(4) Using an explicit process, the Oregon Health Services Commission has completed the ranking of 714 condition-treatment pairs.
(5) Regressional analysis of relations between loads and the level of inbreeding in the Adyg population showed the explicit interrelation between the load of autosomal-dominant diseases and the Fst correlation coefficient being 0.89.
(6) As of July 1987, 10 states have prohibitory laws, five states have grandmother clauses authorizing practicing midwives under repealed statutes, five states have enabling laws which are not used, and 10 states explicitly permit lay midwives to practice.
(7) But for the mid Atlantic, the models showed that only human-driven global warming could explain the increase in saltiness – the first time such an explicit link has been made between climate change and salinity.
(8) We report the use of a technique for developing guidelines which explicitly seeks to identify areas of agreement and disagreement, and focuses on the reasons that particular decisions were made and the causes of disagreement.
(9) Charge conservation analysis explicitly includes the gating charge when applied in the laboratory frame.
(10) Requesting physicians explicitly identified "no money" or "no insurance" as the primary reason for transfer in 89 per cent of 164 cases in which these data were recorded.
(11) And he failed to engage with these sensible proposals to limit bonuses to a maximum of a year's salary or double that if explicitly backed by shareholders - proposals which even his own MEPs have backed – until the very last minute.
(12) Our model is a development of previous models, but differs in several respects: the overall activity is assumed to be dependent on the error level, the effect of errors in the translating system, giving rise to additional errors in the succeeding generation of products, is explicitly included as a special term in our model, and scavenging enzymes are assumed to break down and eliminate products with a loose structure.
(13) The level of competency in the diagnosis and treatment of common and emergency disorders needed by nonophthalmologists is assessed and then translated into explicit objectives that specify the levels of mastery to be learned.
(14) 1) Without Explicit Action, We Could See More than 4°C of Warming.
(15) Neuronal models in temperature regulation are primarily considered explicit statements of assumptions and premises used in design of experiments and development of descriptive equations concerning the relationships between thermal inputs and control actions.
(16) Control animals were given comparable periods of stimulus presentations, explicitly unpaired.
(17) Assuming that unrecognized or inadequately corrected hypovolemia results in higher mortality and morbidity rates, we developed a systematic approach to resuscitation that would: 1) identify criteria to aid in the recognition of hypovolemia and ensure the expeditious correction of this defect without interfering with diagnostic workup and management; 2) define criteria to prevent fluid overload which may jeopardize the patient's course, and 3) express these criteria in an explicit, systematic, patient care algorithm, ie, protocol, useful to both the resident and the practicing physician.
(18) The Liberal Democrats fought the 2010 election in explicit opposition to free schools and academy plans.
(19) This paper describes a simple procedure designed explicitly for investigating the adequacy of cohort size at the planning stage of a study.
(20) It explicitly guides the decision maker in determining the crucial variables in a clinical decision, and permits both objective data and personal preferences to play a part in decision making.