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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