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Word: Ellipsis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein ‘leave out’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪˈlɪpsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues
Short Definition:omission from speech or writing of word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues
Examples:- it is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent
- an example of ellipsis
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