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umbrella

umbrella

70 3.9
A single name or group that includes several related things
  • noun
  • /ʌmˈbrɛlə/
translation icon : paraguas
  • Reform progresses best when an umbrella of support at the top facilitates change at lower levels.
  • an umbrella organization
  • an umbrella term
  • an umbrella group

So in that sense, it's a very big umbrella for a spiritual path.

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Examples

  • These are all symptoms that fall under the umbrella of hurt.

  • The committee considered which umbrella term would best encompass the language problems of interest.

    Academic text (2012)
  • And they all fall under the general umbrella of fine structure.

  • It's kind of like a big, big umbrella term.

  • So in that sense, it's a very big umbrella for a spiritual path.

  • Yes, we use the umbrella term stress.

  • And in mid-March, the major independent organizations formed a loose umbrella federation to coordinate their activities.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Both tendencies are present in the phenomena now covered by the umbrella term postmodernism.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The haze could be dealt with, however, under the umbrella of broader initiatives for international cooperation.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The environmental organization provides an umbrella for various local groups focused on sustainability.

Synonyms

blanket term
vsumbrella
1 5.5

A general word used to include many different things, groups, or ideas

is the broader thing that groups related items or organizations

Compounds

9.9

A small upright tree with large leaves that form rolled groups at the branch tips

A tall evergreen tree from Japan with needle-like leaves in umbrella-like groups at twig tips

A perennial plant with large umbrella-like leaves and white to pink flower clusters near streams

A perennial that blooms late with flat-topped clusters of small white flowers on rocky slopes

umbrella plant
  • South African
6.6

An African water plant with a circular fan of thin grass-like leaves used in ponds

umbrella sedge
  • South African
8.9

A water plant from Africa with a top group of thin leaves that spread like an umbrella

A small tent with a middle pole and metal bars that open like an umbrella

umbrella arum
  • Philippine
9.9

A tropical plant with large leaves, a dark red flower-like part, and edible underground stems

9.9

A large black tropical bird with a high crest and a long feathered neck wattle

umbrella fern
  • Australian
9.9

A large plant with fan-shaped leaves that fork many times

A small tree with large leaves at the ends of its branches and creamy white flowers

8.2

A medium-sized tree with a flat, wide top and edible seeds like almonds

umbrella tree
  • Australian
7.6

An evergreen plant often grown indoors with leaves that spread like an umbrella

7.4

A small tree that loses its leaves in autumn with large leaves like umbrellas and white spring flowers

How Inclusive

umbrella
70 3.9
federation
74 4.3
category
658 2.7
group
1.0

Surface Forms

umbrella singular
umbrellas plural

Etymology

Umbrella comes from the Latin umbra, meaning 'shadow', and people began using it as a picture for something that 'covers' many things. So an umbrella group is one organization that gives 'cover' to several smaller ones.