Definitions
omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
Word origin
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). Doublet of ellipse.
Used in a sentence
“The ellipsis in 1, 2, 3, ..., 8, 9 means that the numbers 4, 5, 6, and 7 are not explicitly included, but are considered to be part of the pattern.”
“The ellipsis in 0.333... means that the number is a repeating decimal, having threes that go on forever.”
“CARD: Hey Baby. Thanks for the … last night. Love you! HAZEL: Wow. I've never despised an ellipsis so much in my life.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Three-dot mark”8 letters
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