To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
Adjective
Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.
Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
Origin
From Middle English schadowe, schadewe, schadwe (also schade > shade), from Old English sċeaduwe, sċeadwe, oblique form of sċeadu, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz ("shade, shadow"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ("darkness").
Cognate with Scots scaddow, schaddow, Saterland Frisian Skaad ("shade, shadow"), Dutch schaduw ("shadow"), German Schatten ("shadow, shade"), Norwegian skodde ("fog, mist"), Irish scáth ("shadow"), Ancient Greek σκότος ("darkness, gloom").
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