obscure
verb/əbˈskjʊə(r)/
/əbˈskjʊr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they obscure | /əbˈskjʊə(r)/ /əbˈskjʊr/ |
| he / she / it obscures | /əbˈskjʊəz/ /əbˈskjʊrz/ |
| past simple obscured | /əbˈskjʊəd/ /əbˈskjʊrd/ |
| past participle obscured | /əbˈskjʊəd/ /əbˈskjʊrd/ |
| -ing form obscuring | /əbˈskjʊərɪŋ/ /əbˈskjʊrɪŋ/ |
- obscure something to make it difficult to see, hear or understand something
- The view was obscured by fog.
- We mustn't let these minor details obscure the main issue.
- A shadow fell across her face, obscuring her expression.
Extra Examples- All trace of his working-class background was deliberately obscured.
- The house was obscured from view by a high hedge.
- The moon was obscured behind a wall of cloud.
- The right-hand side of the face is obscured in deep shadow.
- These figures obscure the fact that a lot of older people live in great poverty.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- totally
- almost
- …
- serve to
- tend to
- allow something to
- …
- behind
- in
- obscure the fact that…
- obscure something from view
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French obscur, from Latin obscurus ‘dark’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover’.
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