What is "elision" in English? Definition and Explanations
What does elision mean in English? Meaning of elision definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "elision" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "elision": omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
Noun
Meaning of "elision": a deliberate act of omission
Noun
Synonyms:
recession, shrinkage, reduction, decrease, condensation, reducing, compression, abridgment, evaporation, confinement, lessening, abbreviation, narrowing, omission, curtailment, withdrawal, diminution, shrinking, constriction, confining, omitting, deflation, receding, condensing, tightening, dwindling, abbreviating, abridging, curtailing, cutting down, decreasing, deflating, diminishing, drawing together, evaporating, lopping, shrivelling, tensing, withdrawing, exclusion, carelessness, lapse, failing, breach, oversight, inadvertence, neglect, skip, lack, slip, chasm, overlook, withholding, preclusion, blank, prohibition, gap, break, failure, elimination, forgetfulness, default, hiatus, cancellation, lacuna, disregard, repudiation, missing, slighting, inadvertency, preterition, pretermission, cutting out, disregardance, excluding, ignoring, leaving out, noninclusion, overlooking, passing over,
Antonyms:
enlargement, increase, expansion, amplification, dilation, extension, opening, lengthening, spread, stretch, success, accomplishment, achievement, perfection, juncture, permission, continuation, continuity, inclusion, insertion, regard, respect, closure, allowance, addition, remembrance,
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