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Ellipsis

Ellipsis Meaning & Definition
Ellipsis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ellipsis?

[n] omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ellipsis: eclipsis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ellipsis: abbreviation | abridgment | abstract | apocope | aposiopesis | clipping | compression | condensation | conspectus | contraction | crasis | curtailment | cutting | elision | epitome | foreshortening | precis | pruning | recap | recapitulation | reduction | retrenchment | shortening | summary | summation | syncope | syneresis | synopsis | telescoping | truncation

See Also | deletion | omission

Ellipsis In Webster's Dictionary

\El*lip"sis\, n.; pl. {Ellipses}. [L., fr. Gr. ? a leaving, defect, fr. ? to leave in fall short; ? in + ? to leave. See {In}, and {Loan}, and cf. {Ellipse}.] 1. (Gram.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire. 2. (Geom.) An ellipse. [Obs.]

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