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adjective | verb obscureobscure1 /əbˈskyʊr/ ●●○ adjective ETYMOLOGYobscure1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French Latin obscurus ► remain obscure The details of his life remain obscure. 1not well known at all, and usually not very important: an obscure painter The details of his life remain obscure.2difficult to understand: an article full of obscure references adjective | verb obscureobscure2 ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEobscure |
Present | I, you, we, they | obscure | | he, she, it | obscures | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | obscured | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have obscured | | he, she, it | has obscured | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had obscured | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will obscure | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have obscured |
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Present | I | am obscuring | | he, she, it | is obscuring | | you, we, they | are obscuring | Past | I, he, she, it | was obscuring | | you, we, they | were obscuring | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been obscuring | | he, she, it | has been obscuring | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been obscuring | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be obscuring | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been obscuring |
► obscure the fact that Recent successes obscure the fact that the company is still in trouble. 1to make something difficult to know or understand: Recent successes obscure the fact that the company is still in trouble.2to prevent something from being seen or heard clearly: The view was obscured by fog. |