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elision

noun

eli·​sion i-ˈli-zhən How to pronounce elision (audio)
1
a
: the use of a speech form that lacks a final or initial sound which a variant speech form has (such as 's instead of is in there's)
b
: the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable in a verse to achieve a uniform metrical pattern
2
: the act or an instance of omitting something : omission

Synonyms

Example Sentences

unfortunately, when the book was condensed, some of the elisions rendered major plot developments incomprehensible
Recent Examples on the Web Whatever its causes in the real world, the elision in the book is an unforgivable flaw, a black hole at its center. Randy Rosenthal, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022 While the nature of adaptation requires compression and elision, the film dutifully tells the story that fans of the book will turn out to see brought to life on the big screen. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022 Few documentary filmmakers have followed Wiseman into the radical potential of self-elision from onscreen events. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2022 Visitors can go to the tomb of Tutankhamun and stare at what remains of him, preserved like a macabre Sleeping Beauty in a glass coffin, but, in a different kind of elision, most of those who do so know nothing of contemporary Luxor. Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022 Opacity and elision are the rules rather than the exception. Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2022 This story’s inexorable acceleration and its crafty use of suggestion and elision demonstrate the special effects that the best writers can brew up without a single line of Hollywood software — just paper, ink and ghosts. Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021 This elision makes no sense to Mr. Cholbi, a professor of philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Hamilton Cain, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2022 Respectful and attentive, stirring in their humanity, the pictures are also unsettling in their elision of the collective action and solidarity that are integral to protests. Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin elision-, elisio, from Latin elidere

First Known Use

circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of elision was circa 1586

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