shadowing

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

shadowing

1. Present participle of shadow.

Noun

shadowing (plural shadowings)

1. The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
2. Speech shadowing is when an individual repeats speech as they hear it immediately without delay (usually through earphones).
3. (espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
4. A faint representation; an adumbration.

   There are […] in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity. — Tylor.

Translations

the effect of being shadowed, as from a light source or radio transmission

• French: effet de masque (fr) m

speech shadowing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鸚鵡學舌 (cmn), 鹦鹉学舌 (cmn) (yīngwǔ xuéshé), 影子跟讀 (cmn), 影子跟读 (cmn) (yǐngzǐ gēndú)

• German: Schattenlesen (de) n
• Japanese: シャドーイング (ja) (shadōingu), シャドウイング (ja) (shadouingu)
• Russian: шэдоуинг (ru) (šédouing) m