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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024el•lip•sis (i lip′sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz).USA pronunciation - Grammar
- Grammarthe omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down.
- Grammarthe omission of one or more items from a construction in order to avoid repeating the identical or equivalent items that are in a preceding or following construction, as the omission of been to Paris from the second clause of I've been to Paris, but they haven't.
- Printinga mark or marks as ——, …, or * * *, to indicate an omission or suppression of letters or words.
- Greek élleipsis an omission, equivalent. to el- (variant of en- en-2) + leip- (stem of leípein to leave) + -sis -sis
- Latin ellīpsis
- 1560–70
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ellipsis /ɪˈlɪpsɪs/ n ( pl -ses / -siːz/)
Also called: eclipsis omission of parts of a word or sentence- a sequence of three dots (…) indicating an omission in text
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from Greek elleipsis omission, from elleipein to leave out, from leipein to leave |