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Definition umbrella in British English

umbrella adjective

adjective
/ʌmˈbrelə/
1

an umbrella organization consists of a lot of smaller groups

Example

The UDF was an umbrella body comprising 600 anti-apartheid groups.

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structural established informal
2

an umbrella word is used for talking about a lot of specific things of the same general type

Example

The umbrella term 'computer-aided design' includes a wide range of different techniques.

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agglutinative classical cognate
Definition umbrella in British English