shadowing

Pluralshadowings (some meanings)

1. 1
   noununcountable

   A way of learning about a job by spending the day with a worker and watching what they do.

   Like learning to cook by standing next to a chef and watching every step.

   The school offers shadowing as a way for teens to explore careers.

   A day of shadowing at the hospital convinced him to study medicine.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The act of secretly following someone to watch where they go and what they do.

   Like following someone so quietly that they never know you are there.

   The detective's shadowing went unnoticed for three whole days.

   Careful shadowing let the agents learn the suspect's daily routine.

   Similarsurveillance, tailing

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3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of shadow. Use this -ing form when the action is happening now.

   The reporter is shadowing a senator for the whole week.

   Two officers were shadowing the suspect through the market.

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The blocking of light or a signal by something in the way, leaving a dark or weak spot.

   Like standing behind a big tree so the sun cannot reach you.

   Shadowing from the hills made the radio signal drop out.

   The tall wall caused heavy shadowing on the garden below.

5. 5
   nouncountable

   A faint outline or hint of something, not a full or clear picture.

   Like a rough pencil outline before someone paints the real picture.

   The sketch was only a shadowing of the final painting.

   His apology felt like a shadowing of real regret, not the thing itself.

   Similarhint, suggestion, outline

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6. 6
   noununcountable

   Repeating words out loud the moment you hear them, often through headphones.

   Like singing along with a song the very second you hear each word.

   Shadowing is a popular method among language learners.

   Daily shadowing improved her listening and speaking together.

7. 7
   noununcountable

   Copying the contents of slow read-only memory into faster memory so a computer can read them more quickly.

   Like making a quick copy of a slow page so you can read it faster next time.

   Shadowing lets the computer read startup code from fast memory.

   Turning on shadowing made the old machine boot a little quicker.

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