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Showing words for ELISION using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Elision

elision, isoline

6 Letter Words for Elision

eloins, esloin, inisle, insole, lesion, oleins, selion, sileni, solein

5 Letter Words for Elision

eloin, elsin, enoil, enols, eosin, ileon, ilion, insol, isoln, lenis, lenos, liens, lines, linie, linos, lions, loins, losen, nelis, nisei, noels, noils, noise, noles, oisin, olein, silen, sline, slone, solei, solen

4 Letter Words for Elision

enol, eons, ions, isle, leis, leno, lens, leon, leos, lien, lies, liin, line, lino, lins, lion, loin, lone, lose, nies, nile, nils, nisi, noel, noes, noil, nole, nose, oils, oles, ones, seil, sien, sile, silo, sine, siol, sion, sloe, slon, soil, sole, soln, sone

3 Letter Words for Elision

eli, els, enl, ens, eon, eos, ile, ilo, ins, ion, ios, ise, isl, isn, iso, lei, leo, les, lie, lin, lis, loe, los, nei, neo, nie, nil, nis, nol, nos, oes, oie, oii, oil, ois, ole, one, oni, ons, ose, osi, sei, sel, sen, sie, sil, sin, sle, sol, son

Definitions for Elision

[1] the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
[2] (in verse) the omission of a vowel at the end of one word when the next word begins with a vowel, as th'orient.
[3] an act or instance of eliding or omitting anything.
[4] the omission of a syllable or vowel at the beginning or end of a word, esp when a word ending with a vowel is next to one beginning with a vowel
[5] any omission of a part or parts

Words related to Elision

exclusion, carelessness, lapse, failing, breach, oversight, recession, shrinkage, reduction, decrease, deflation, inadvertence, neglect, skip, lack, slip, chasm, overlook, withholding, preclusion

Words nearby Elision

elisabethville, elisavetgrad, elisavetpol, elise, elisha, elision, elisor, elissa, elite, elitism, elitist

Origin of Elision

1575–85; < Latin ēlīsiōn- (stem of ēlīsiō ) a striking out, equivalent to ēlīs(us ) (past participle of ēlīdere; see elide) + -iōn- -ion

Word origin for Elision

C16: from Latin ēlīsiō, from ēlīdere to elide

Synonyms for Elision

breach, carelessness, exclusion, failing, lapse, oversight, blank, break, cancellation, chasm, default, disregard, elimination, failure, forgetfulness, gap, hiatus, inadvertence, inadvertency, lack, lacuna, neglect, overlook, preclusion, preterition, pretermission, prohibition, repudiation, skip, slip, withholding, cutting out, disregardance, excluding, ignoring, leaving out, missing, noninclusion, overlooking, passing over, slighting