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elision

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"Omission of a sound"

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7 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/Part of speech nounSorted eiilnosStarts with EEnds with N1 clues
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Definitions

  1. a deliberate act of omission

Word origin

From Latin ēlīsiō (“striking out, forcing out”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from ēlīsus (“knocked out, forced out”), past participle of ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”) (whence elide), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).

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  • See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope

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