omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
process noun (natural processes)
eclipses
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"an ellipse", from Latin ellipsis, from Greek elleipsis "a falling short,...
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Irish, like all modern Celtic languages, is characterized by its initial consonant mutations. These mutations affect the initial consonant of a word under specific morphological and syntactic conditions. The mutations are an important tool in ... (35 of 1773 words)
[obsolete] An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase | A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted | [Irish grammar] The suppression of the sounds of certain radical consonants in place of others. (41 of 42 words, 3 definitions, 1 image)
a rare word for "ellipsis" [sense-specific] | (in Gaelic) phonetic change of an initial consonant under the influence of a preceding word. Unvoiced ... (22 of 268 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
[grammar] the omission of a word or words necessary for complete ... | ellipsis points (14 of 41 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations, 1 image)
the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues | a set of dots (...) ... (27 of 215 words, 2 definitions, 8 usage examples, pronunciations)
[grammar] ; the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or ... | [printing] a mark or marks as ----, …, or * * *, to indicate an ... (29 of 124 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that ... | marks or a mark (as …) indicating an omission (as of words) or a pause (29 of 114 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
The omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction but not necessary for understanding. | An example of such omission. ... (23 of 75 words, 3 definitions, pronunciations)
figure of speech characterized by the deliberate omission of a word or words that are, however, understood in light of the grammatical context. The ... (24 of 69 words)
the practice of leaving a word or words out of a sentence when they are not necessary for understanding it (20 of 46 words, pronunciation)
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when words are left out of a sentence but the sentence can still be understood (15 of 41 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
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three dots in a printed text, [...], which show where one or more words have been intentionally left out (19 of 31 words, pronunciation)
the omission of one or more words from a sentence, especially when what is ... | a printed mark, usually three dots (...), or, less often, asterisks ... (26 of 247 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
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First use: 1560s
Origin: "an ellipse", from Latin ellipsis, from Greek elleipsis "a falling short, defect, ellipse", from elleipein "to fall short, leave ... (20 of 32 etymology words)
First use: 1540
Origin: Latin, from Greek elleipsis ellipsis, ellipse, from elleipein to leave out, fall short, from en in + leipein to leave, loan
First use: 16th century
Origin: from Latin, from Greek elleipsis omission, from elleipein to leave out, from leipein to leave
Origin: Latin ellīpsis, from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein, to fall short; see "ellipse".
First use: mid 16th century
Origin: Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein "leave out"
Origin: Latin from Greek elleipsis: see "ellipse"
Origin: Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (elleipsis, "omission").
First use: Pre-12th century
Origin: Latin Latinus "of the people of Latium, Roman" from Latium, ancient region in Italy
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