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# allusion

noun (allusions)

«allusion» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An allusion is a short mention of a story, person or event that points to it without explaining it fully: «a joke with an allusion to the giant». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allusion/#m1)

### In the lessons

in reading lessons, a hint to another story or to history that the reader must spot, such as «an allusion to Greek myth»

### Examples

- The poem makes an allusion to a famous king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allusion/#x1)
- Did you spot the allusion to the three little pigs? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allusion/#x2)
- The early Greek poets make only scanty allusions to Erebus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allusion/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The rabbis called a hint to a law in the text a "remez", and they looked for such allusions in the wording of the Torah. In the primary lessons: in reading lessons, a hint to another story or to history that the reader must spot, such as «an allusion to Greek myth»

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «allusion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allusion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«allusion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/allusion.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «allusion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allusion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«allusion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/allusion.html) on Mova free.