[C,U] ~ (to sb/sth) something that is said or written that refers to or mentions another person or subject in an indirect way:
His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. * Her poetry is full of obscure literary allusion.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for allusion is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is allusion a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, allusion is tagged as noun.
Does allusion appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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