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ELLIPSIS (ellipses)

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Dictionary entry overview: What does ellipsis mean?

• ELLIPSIS (noun)
The noun ELLIPSIS has 1 sense:

1. omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

Familiarity information: ELLIPSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ELLIPSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

eclipsis; ellipsis

Hypernyms ("ellipsis" is a kind of...):

deletion; omission (any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases)

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