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Meaning obscure meaning
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Synonyms obscure synonyms
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Conjugation obscure conjugation
How do you conjugate obscure?
obscure · verb
Present I obscure
Positive I obscure
Singular
1st person I obscure
2nd person you obscure
3rd person he/she/it obscures
Plural
1st person we obscure
2nd person you obscure
3rd person they obscure
Negative I don't obscure
Singular
1st person I don't obscure I do not obscure
2nd person you don't obscure you do not obscure
3rd person he/she/it doesn't obscure he/she/it does not obscure
Plural
1st person we don't obscure we do not obscure
2nd person you don't obscure you do not obscure
3rd person they don't obscure they do not obscure
Question do I obscure?
Singular
1st person do I obscure?
2nd person do you obscure?
3rd person does he/she/it obscure?
Plural
1st person do we obscure?
2nd person do you obscure?
3rd person do they obscure?
Negative question don't I obscure?
Singular
1st person don't I obscure? do I not obscure?
2nd person don't you obscure? do you not obscure?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it obscure? does he/she/it not obscure?
Plural
1st person don't we obscure? do we not obscure?
2nd person don't you obscure? do you not obscure?
3rd person don't they obscure? do they not obscure?
Past I obscured
Positive I obscured
Singular
1st person I obscured
2nd person you obscured
3rd person he/she/it obscured
Plural
1st person we obscured
2nd person you obscured
3rd person they obscured
Negative I didn't obscure
Singular
1st person I didn't obscure I did not obscure
2nd person you didn't obscure you did not obscure
3rd person he/she/it didn't obscure he/she/it did not obscure
Plural
1st person we didn't obscure we did not obscure
2nd person you didn't obscure you did not obscure
3rd person they didn't obscure they did not obscure
Question did I obscure?
Singular
1st person did I obscure?
2nd person did you obscure?
3rd person did he/she/it obscure?
Plural
1st person did we obscure?
2nd person did you obscure?
3rd person did they obscure?
Negative question didn't I obscure?
Singular
1st person didn't I obscure? did I not obscure?
2nd person didn't you obscure? did you not obscure?
3rd person didn't he/she/it obscure? did he/she/it not obscure?
Plural
1st person didn't we obscure? did we not obscure?
2nd person didn't you obscure? did you not obscure?
3rd person didn't they obscure? did they not obscure?
Future I'll obscure
Positive I'll obscure
Singular
1st person I'll obscure I will obscure
2nd person you'll obscure you will obscure
3rd person he/she/it'll obscure he/she/it will obscure
Plural
1st person we'll obscure we will obscure
2nd person you'll obscure you will obscure
3rd person they'll obscure they will obscure
Negative I won't obscure
Singular
1st person I won't obscure I will not obscure
2nd person you won't obscure you will not obscure
3rd person he/she/it won't obscure he/she/it will not obscure
Plural
1st person we won't obscure we will not obscure
2nd person you won't obscure you will not obscure
3rd person they won't obscure they will not obscure
Question will I obscure?
Singular
1st person will I obscure?
2nd person will you obscure?
3rd person will he/she/it obscure?
Plural
1st person will we obscure?
2nd person will you obscure?
3rd person will they obscure?
Negative question won't I obscure?
Singular
1st person won't I obscure? will I not obscure?
2nd person won't you obscure? will you not obscure?
3rd person won't he/she/it obscure? will he/she/it not obscure?
Plural
1st person won't we obscure? will we not obscure?
2nd person won't you obscure? will you not obscure?
3rd person won't they obscure? will they not obscure?
Conditional I'd obscure
Positive I'd obscure
Singular
1st person I'd obscure I would obscure
2nd person you'd obscure you would obscure
3rd person he/she/it'd obscure he/she/it would obscure
Plural
1st person we'd obscure we would obscure
2nd person you'd obscure you would obscure
3rd person they'd obscure they would obscure
Negative I wouldn't obscure
Singular
1st person I wouldn't obscure I would not obscure
2nd person you wouldn't obscure you would not obscure
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't obscure he/she/it would not obscure
Plural
1st person we wouldn't obscure we would not obscure
2nd person you wouldn't obscure you would not obscure
3rd person they wouldn't obscure they would not obscure
Question would I obscure?
Singular
1st person would I obscure?
2nd person would you obscure?
3rd person would he/she/it obscure?
Plural
1st person would we obscure?
2nd person would you obscure?
3rd person would they obscure?
Negative question wouldn't I obscure?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I obscure? would I not obscure?
2nd person wouldn't you obscure? would you not obscure?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it obscure? would he/she/it not obscure?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we obscure? would we not obscure?
2nd person wouldn't you obscure? would you not obscure?
3rd person wouldn't they obscure? would they not obscure?
Present continuous I'm obscuring
Positive I'm obscuring
Singular
1st person I'm obscuring I am obscuring
2nd person you're obscuring you are obscuring
3rd person he/she/it's obscuring he/she/it is obscuring
Plural
1st person we're obscuring we are obscuring
2nd person you're obscuring you are obscuring
3rd person they're obscuring they are obscuring
Negative I'm not obscuring
Singular
1st person I'm not obscuring I am not obscuring
2nd person you aren't obscuring you're not obscuring you are not obscuring
3rd person he/she/it isn't obscuring he/she/it's not obscuring he/she/it is not obscuring
Plural
1st person we aren't obscuring we're not obscuring we are not obscuring
2nd person you aren't obscuring you're not obscuring you are not obscuring
3rd person they aren't obscuring they're not obscuring they are not obscuring
Question am I obscuring?
Singular
1st person am I obscuring?
2nd person are you obscuring?
3rd person is he/she/it obscuring?
Plural
1st person are we obscuring?
2nd person are you obscuring?
3rd person are they obscuring?
Negative question aren't I obscuring?
Singular
1st person aren't I obscuring? am I not obscuring?
2nd person aren't you obscuring? are you not obscuring?
3rd person isn't he/she/it obscuring? is he/she/it not obscuring?
Plural
1st person aren't we obscuring? are we not obscuring?
2nd person aren't you obscuring? are you not obscuring?
3rd person aren't they obscuring? are they not obscuring?
Past continuous I was obscuring
Positive I was obscuring
Singular
1st person I was obscuring
2nd person you were obscuring
3rd person he/she/it was obscuring
Plural
1st person we were obscuring
2nd person you were obscuring
3rd person they were obscuring
Negative I wasn't obscuring
Singular
1st person I wasn't obscuring I was not obscuring
2nd person you weren't obscuring you were not obscuring
3rd person he/she/it wasn't obscuring he/she/it was not obscuring
Plural
1st person we weren't obscuring we were not obscuring
2nd person you weren't obscuring you were not obscuring
3rd person they weren't obscuring they were not obscuring
Question was I obscuring?
Singular
1st person was I obscuring?
2nd person were you obscuring?
3rd person was he/she/it obscuring?
Plural
1st person were we obscuring?
2nd person were you obscuring?
3rd person were they obscuring?
Negative question wasn't I obscuring?
Singular
1st person wasn't I obscuring? was I not obscuring?
2nd person weren't you obscuring? were you not obscuring?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it obscuring? was he/she/it not obscuring?
Plural
1st person weren't we obscuring? were we not obscuring?
2nd person weren't you obscuring? were you not obscuring?
3rd person weren't they obscuring? were they not obscuring?
Future continuous I'll be obscuring
Positive I'll be obscuring
Singular
1st person I'll be obscuring I will be obscuring
2nd person you'll be obscuring you will be obscuring
3rd person he/she/it'll be obscuring he/she/it will be obscuring
Plural
1st person we'll be obscuring we will be obscuring
2nd person you'll be obscuring you will be obscuring
3rd person they'll be obscuring they will be obscuring
Negative I won't be obscuring
Singular
1st person I won't be obscuring I will not be obscuring
2nd person you won't be obscuring you will not be obscuring
3rd person he/she/it won't be obscuring he/she/it will not be obscuring
Plural
1st person we won't be obscuring we will not be obscuring
2nd person you won't be obscuring you will not be obscuring
3rd person they won't be obscuring they will not be obscuring
Question will I be obscuring?
Singular
1st person will I be obscuring?
2nd person will you be obscuring?
3rd person will he/she/it be obscuring?
Plural
1st person will we be obscuring?
2nd person will you be obscuring?
3rd person will they be obscuring?
Negative question won't I be obscuring?
Singular
1st person won't I be obscuring? will I not be obscuring?
2nd person won't you be obscuring? will you not be obscuring?
3rd person won't he/she/it be obscuring? will he/she/it not be obscuring?
Plural
1st person won't we be obscuring? will we not be obscuring?
2nd person won't you be obscuring? will you not be obscuring?
3rd person won't they be obscuring? will they not be obscuring?
Conditional continuous I'd be obscuring
Positive I'd be obscuring
Singular
1st person I'd be obscuring I would be obscuring
2nd person you'd be obscuring you would be obscuring
3rd person he/she/it'd be obscuring he/she/it would be obscuring
Plural
1st person we'd be obscuring we would be obscuring
2nd person you'd be obscuring you would be obscuring
3rd person they'd be obscuring they would be obscuring
Negative I wouldn't be obscuring
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be obscuring I would not be obscuring
2nd person you wouldn't be obscuring you would not be obscuring
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be obscuring he/she/it would not be obscuring
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be obscuring we would not be obscuring
2nd person you wouldn't be obscuring you would not be obscuring
3rd person they wouldn't be obscuring they would not be obscuring
Question would I be obscuring?
Singular
1st person would I be obscuring?
2nd person would you be obscuring?
3rd person would he/she/it be obscuring?
Plural
1st person would we be obscuring?
2nd person would you be obscuring?
3rd person would they be obscuring?
Negative question wouldn't I be obscuring?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be obscuring? would I not be obscuring?
2nd person wouldn't you be obscuring? would you not be obscuring?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be obscuring? would he/she/it not be obscuring?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be obscuring? would we not be obscuring?
2nd person wouldn't you be obscuring? would you not be obscuring?
3rd person wouldn't they be obscuring? would they not be obscuring?
Present perfect I've obscured
Positive I've obscured
Singular
1st person I've obscured I have obscured
2nd person you've obscured you have obscured
3rd person he/she/it's obscured he/she/it has obscured
Plural
1st person we've obscured we have obscured
2nd person you've obscured you have obscured
3rd person they've obscured they have obscured
Negative I haven't obscured
Singular
1st person I haven't obscured I have not obscured
2nd person you haven't obscured you have not obscured
3rd person he/she/it hasn't obscured he/she/it has not obscured
Plural
1st person we haven't obscured we have not obscured
2nd person you haven't obscured you have not obscured
3rd person they haven't obscured they have not obscured
Question have I obscured?
Singular
1st person have I obscured?
2nd person have you obscured?
3rd person has he/she/it obscured?
Plural
1st person have we obscured?
2nd person have you obscured?
3rd person have they obscured?
Negative question haven't I obscured?
Singular
1st person haven't I obscured? have I not obscured?
2nd person haven't you obscured? have you not obscured?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it obscured? has he/she/it not obscured?
Plural
1st person haven't we obscured? have we not obscured?
2nd person haven't you obscured? have you not obscured?
3rd person haven't they obscured? have they not obscured?
Past perfect I had obscured
Positive I had obscured
Singular
1st person I had obscured
2nd person you had obscured
3rd person he/she/it had obscured
Plural
1st person we had obscured
2nd person you had obscured
3rd person they had obscured
Negative I hadn't obscured
Singular
1st person I hadn't obscured I had not obscured
2nd person you hadn't obscured you had not obscured
3rd person he/she/it hadn't obscured he/she/it had not obscured
Plural
1st person we hadn't obscured we had not obscured
2nd person you hadn't obscured you had not obscured
3rd person they hadn't obscured they had not obscured
Question had I obscured?
Singular
1st person had I obscured?
2nd person had you obscured?
3rd person had he/she/it obscured?
Plural
1st person had we obscured?
2nd person had you obscured?
3rd person had they obscured?
Negative question hadn't I obscured?
Singular
1st person hadn't I obscured? had I not obscured?
2nd person hadn't you obscured? had you not obscured?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it obscured? had he/she/it not obscured?
Plural
1st person hadn't we obscured? had we not obscured?
2nd person hadn't you obscured? had you not obscured?
3rd person hadn't they obscured? had they not obscured?
Future perfect I'll have obscured
Positive I'll have obscured
Singular
1st person I'll have obscured I will have obscured
2nd person you'll have obscured you will have obscured
3rd person he/she/it'll have obscured he/she/it will have obscured
Plural
1st person we'll have obscured we will have obscured
2nd person you'll have obscured you will have obscured
3rd person they'll have obscured they will have obscured
Negative I won't have obscured
Singular
1st person I won't have obscured I will not have obscured
2nd person you won't have obscured you will not have obscured
3rd person he/she/it won't have obscured he/she/it will not have obscured
Plural
1st person we won't have obscured we will not have obscured
2nd person you won't have obscured you will not have obscured
3rd person they won't have obscured they will not have obscured
Question +'ll I have obscured?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have obscured? will I have obscured?
2nd person +'ll you have obscured? will you have obscured?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have obscured? will he/she/it have obscured?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have obscured? will we have obscured?
2nd person +'ll you have obscured? will you have obscured?
3rd person +'ll they have obscured? will they have obscured?
Negative question won't I have obscured?
Singular
1st person won't I have obscured? will I not have obscured?
2nd person won't you have obscured? will you not have obscured?
3rd person won't he/she/it have obscured? will he/she/it not have obscured?
Plural
1st person won't we have obscured? will we not have obscured?
2nd person won't you have obscured? will you not have obscured?
3rd person won't they have obscured? will they not have obscured?
Conditional perfect I'd have obscured
Positive I'd have obscured
Singular
1st person I'd have obscured I would have obscured
2nd person you'd have obscured you would have obscured
3rd person he/she/it'd have obscured he/she/it would have obscured
Plural
1st person we'd have obscured we would have obscured
2nd person you'd have obscured you would have obscured
3rd person they'd have obscured they would have obscured
Negative I wouldn't have obscured
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have obscured I would not have obscured
2nd person you wouldn't have obscured you would not have obscured
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have obscured he/she/it would not have obscured
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have obscured we would not have obscured
2nd person you wouldn't have obscured you would not have obscured
3rd person they wouldn't have obscured they would not have obscured
Question would I have obscured?
Singular
1st person would I have obscured?
2nd person would you have obscured?
3rd person would he/she/it have obscured?
Plural
1st person would we have obscured?
2nd person would you have obscured?
3rd person would they have obscured?
Negative question wouldn't I have obscured?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have obscured? would I not have obscured?
2nd person wouldn't you have obscured? would you not have obscured?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have obscured? would he/she/it not have obscured?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have obscured? would we not have obscured?
2nd person wouldn't you have obscured? would you not have obscured?
3rd person wouldn't they have obscured? would they not have obscured?
Imperative obscure!
Positive
you obscure!
we let's obscure!
Negative
you don't obscure!
we let's not obscure!
Examples obscure examples
How do I use obscure in a sentence?
Simple sentences
The meaning of this sentence is obscure.
The meaning is still obscure to me.
The reason why he left the tennis club is obscure.
The cause of the accident is still obscure.
His explanation is too obscure to understand.
It's quite obscure what this sentence means.
The sky is obscure, I can see no star.
It's still obscure to me.
Movie subtitles
It's a little obscure, isn't it?
Then in 1923 a Greek dealer named Charilaos Konstantinides found it in an obscure shop.
You are an obscure young workman, wanted for the committing of an extremely unpopular crime.
Some obscure meaning in this I fail to catch.
Some obscure martyr in some forgotten province.
He prepares long and obscure sermons, which he's unable to memorize. and has to read like a stumbling and inarticulate child.
One can spend too much of one's life locked in stuffy rooms seeking out obscure truths.
From obscure private, to Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, cover boy of the magazines.
A very obscure something.
The only safety is in being obscure, in being nothing.
Henry, isn't it a little late for these obscure discussions?
You see, the captain has plans for being rich and obscure.
It's really an obscure and unremarkable name you understand, Professor.
It was obvious that an obscure and terrible ill was slowly corrupting the human mind.
A group of obscure people meet to decide the fate of Russia.
I hope I'm not obscure.
I remembered what you'd written about Tess and Jude the Obscure.
You are an obscure young workman. wanted for the committing of an extremely unpopular crime.
Then the convents and temples the districts and towns, the cottages and houses are surrounded by the obscure murmuring of praying monks.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that among some obscure tribe of savages orange pips were looked upon. as a symbol of death.
Strange screams of death, and prophesying with accents terrible of dire combustion and confused events new hatch'd to the woeful time, the obscure bird clamour'd the livelong night.
I refer to a rather obscure postscript on the back of the second letter from friend Smith.
Yesterday, the unsuccessful raid, today, the Cuba Cabana closes, and the owner is leaving the country head over heels on an obscure freighter.
For 30-odd years. I have made a profession of ignorance with particular reference to my real name. my obscure beginnings, and my mysterious birth.
For some obscure reason, I think you're very nice.
Say the not so obscure reason.
Our difference is that I don't believe it can be destroyed by 13 slips of paper covered with obscure symbols.
A Japanese empire was destroyed by a slip of paper covered with obscure symbols. Once those symbols were translated into power.
I was alone, walking in an obscure country.
The reference here is very obscure.
Very obscure.
An index and obscure prologue to the history of lust and foul thoughts.
The origin of the Monoids is obscure.
For some unknown reason, due to some obscure motive, after two years of relative quiet, with the war contained mostly in the mountains, disturbances broke out again without warning, and nobody knows why or how.
Its many particles will obscure their sensing device, Centurion.
News and current affairs
In October 2007, Cherkesov (now chief of one of the most obscure and powerful services, the Federal Anti-Drug Administration) published another essay in which he lamented his colleagues' degradation: warriors had turned into traders, he complained.
No amount of discussion over trade can obscure the true issues of vital concern between China and India.
Links to obscure websites with uncensored news about the catastrophe could even be found on the government newspaper's official website, People's Daily.
Everywhere we look (except, perhaps, in New Guinea's deep valleys, where obscure tribes may remain isolated from one another), there are only mixed cultures.
But no amount of finger pointing can obscure the fact that, 50 years after the European Community's creation, Europe badly needs a new political framework, if not a new project, to shore up its unity.
The Soviets plucked a relatively obscure Korean communist, Kim Il-sung, from an army camp in Vladivostok, and installed him in Pyongyang as the leader of North Korea.
Yet the EU's strategy towards Ukraine has been ambiguous and obscure.
Williamson's opinions suddenly mattered, because this obscure, excommunicated priest was about to be reinstated by the Pope.
At the same time, these objectives, while pressing, should not obscure the need to focus on yields - increases in which have accounted for three-quarters of food-production growth in recent decades.
Who would have predicted that within a decade, an obscure Corsican soldier would lead French armies to the banks of the Nile, or that the Napoleonic Wars would disrupt Europe until 1815?
The traditional hostility between labor unions and the world of finance should not obscure their common interest in using financial tools in an expansive and creative way.
Accusations and finger pointing abounds, but the facts remain obscure.
Prime Minister Koizumi testified in the Diet that the Constitution contained obscure and unclear terms and that Japan must interpret them with common sense.
The smoke over Baghdad came mostly from oil deliberately burned in ditches and trenches to obscure potential targets from air attack.
Arafat's ability to symbolize the Palestinian cause throughout the world has worn thin in recent years, but any successor would be more obscure.
Nonetheless, the ESS's soft-power vision should not be allowed to obscure the security challenges that Europe faces.
It is therefore safe to assume that not only obscure academics and correspondents, but officials in Beijing as well, are now busy studying the history of the Ghulja uprising and of Osman Batur's guerillas.
As a colleague of mine likes to put it, one good school-lunch program could be enough to obscure the biological effects.
For reasons that are now obscure, there is an unwritten rule that Commission presidents must be drawn from the ranks of past or current prime ministers.
Neither alternative is particularly charming, which would explain why he preferred to obscure his country's position.
Like its denials last year about deploying Chinese troops in Pakistani-held Kashmir to build strategic projects, China has demonstrated a troubling propensity to obscure the truth.
That may sound obscure to a non-economist, but it was a devastating indictment.
Raised on textbooks that obscure the role of institutions, economists often imagine that markets arise on their own, with no help from purposeful, collective action.
Then they freed themselves of all but the lightest contact with their political masters: they became independent technocrats, a monetary priesthood that spoke in Delphic terms obscure to mere mortals.
But this, too, seems unlikely, if only because, in today's interconnected world, the US and China cannot allow conflict and competition to obscure their common interests.
While some of the excesses in risk-taking have been curbed, predatory lending and unregulated trading in obscure over-the-counter derivatives continue.
As was true of religious zealotry in the past, the ideology of human rights is being invoked to defend or obscure the oppression of others.
Palestine would then be relegated to an obscure corner of the international agenda.
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