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Meaning of umbrella in English

umbrella
noun [ C ]
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/ʌmˈbrel.ə/ us
/ʌmˈbrel.ə/

umbrella noun [C] (DEVICE)

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a device for protection against the rain, consisting of a stick with a folding frame covered in material at one end and usually a handle at the other, or a similar, often larger, device used for protection against the sun:
I felt a few drops of rain, so I put my umbrella up.
I left my umbrella on the bus yesterday.
a folding umbrella
 
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umbrella noun [C] (GROUP)

something that includes or represents a group or range of similar things:
He runs a group of companies under the umbrella of Universal Foods.
The Organization of Islamic Conference is an umbrella organization representing 57 Muslim nations.
Existentialism was really an umbrella term to lump together the works of several philosophers and writers.
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(Definition of umbrella from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

umbrella | American Dictionary

umbrella
noun [ C ]
us
/ʌmˈbrel·ə/
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a cover that protects from rain or sun, esp. waterproof material fitted on a folding frame with a handle at one end:
A figure carrying an open umbrella walked slowly through the rain.
An umbrella is also something that includes a number of similar things:
an umbrella term
an umbrella organization
(Definition of umbrella from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

umbrella | Business English

umbrella
noun [ C, usually singular ]
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something that includes or represents a group or range of similar things:
They provide an umbrella of work force development services.
An awful lot of damage is done under the umbrella of ecotourism.
(Definition of umbrella from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of umbrella

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Four stimuli were eliminated from further analyses on this basis : the grass-button, fork-shovel, leaf-bug and umbrella-lamp.
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However, it is arguable that both expressive and informational interests can and should be fitted under the umbrella of deliberative values.
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Qualitative research is in fact seen as an umbrella ter m for a diverse g roup of research methodolog ies.
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Using umbrella sampling and free-energy perturbation calculations, they showed that there was a large barrier for ethylammonium, whereas methylammonium and formamidinium could permeate.
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When a character crossed the stage holding an umbrella, the sound of raindrops had to be heard.
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The articles are highly focused, and only loosely fit under the general umbrella of the book's title.
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The duct was then divided leaving the umbrella (which was endothelialisated and firmly attached to the wall of the duct) towards the pulmonary side.
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Under the umbrella of this maxim, a wide variety of what could be called non-realist interpretations of religious belief have flourished.
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Formal thought disorder itself is an umbrella term with unsatisfactory explanatory power.
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Since the umbrella can easily be dislodged immediately after initial implantation, immediate closure of residual ductal patency must not be attempted.
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The 12 mm ductal umbrella was released without complication.
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Lastly, it is also advantageous to design a method to extract the diffusion coefficient from the biased simulations generated during umbrella sampling.
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Showers of tears fell from the gallery so that there was a sudden demand for umbrellas.
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This perspective allows one to integrate modernization-based explanations and civic culture-based explanations of democratization under a common theoretical umbrella.
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Discussion of these concerns often proceeds under the terminological umbrella of 'sustainable development', a concept that spans a range of moral and economic considerations.
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छत्री, पावसापासून संरक्षण करणारी वस्तू, काड्या व फोल्डिंग फ्रेम(बंद करता येणारा साचा) ज्याचे एक टोक म्हणजे धातूची मूठ…
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