Ellipsis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction but not necessary for understanding.
  • n. An example of such omission.
  • n. A mark or series of marks ( . . . or * * * , for example) used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words.
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  • n. A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, nowadays a single character “…” (used in printing to indicate an omission).
  • n. The omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be inferred.
  • n. The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted.
  • n. An ellipse.
  • n. a printing symbol, usually three periods in a row (…), indicating the omission of some part of a text; -- used commonly in quotations, so as to suppress words not essential to the meaning. A long dash (---) and three asterisks (* * *) are sometimes used with the same meaning.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In grammar, omission; a figure of syntax by which a part of a sentence or phrase is used for the whole, by the omission of one or more words, leaving the full form to be understood or completed by the reader or hearer: as, “the heroic virtues I admire,” for “the heroic virtues which I admire”; “prythee, peace,” for “I pray thee, hold thy peace.”
  • n. In printing, a mark or marks, as—,* * *, …, denoting the omission or suppression of letters (as in k—g for king) or of words.
  • n. In geometry, an ellipse.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    deletion    omission   
    Variant
    ellipses   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    omission    ellipse    dot dot dot   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ellipse    omission    transposition    signification   
     
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