elision
noun
eli·sion
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Definition of elision
1a
: the use of a speech form that lacks a final or initial sound which a variant speech form has (such as 's instead of is in there's)
b
: the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable in a verse to achieve a uniform metrical pattern
2
: the act or an instance of omitting something : omission
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Examples of elision in a Sentence
unfortunately, when the book was condensed, some of the elisions rendered major plot developments incomprehensible
Recent Examples on the Web
The result is a film thatâs in equal measure gripping and frustrating, a work of nonfiction in which the elision of many factual elements, in the interest of compact dramaturgy, makes an extraordinary true story feel fabricated. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "âHoneyland,â Reviewed: A Gripping, Frustrating Documentary About a Beekeeperâs Fragile Isolation," 1 Aug. 2019 But the elision of bird-birder-birding somehow touched the beyond, and birding is now the word of choice.... — Laura Jacobs, WSJ, "Book Review: Why Birders Flock Together," 17 May 2019 Where LâEnfantâs, Popeâs, and Peiâs outlines met on the trapezoidal construction site, the latter proclaimed the resulting enclosures to be the only possible architectural solution, a subtle elision of explication and marketing. — Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, "I.M. Pei: Establishment Modernism Lite," 24 May 2019 Rivkin spends a significant amount of time noting the discomfiting elision and erasure of Twomblyâs sexuality in the many catalogues and chronologies of his work. — Andrew Martin, Harper's magazine, "Not Mere Projection," 10 Mar. 2019 Does the elision imply that the concept is redundant? — Peter Pomerantsev, New York Times, "What Trained Bears Can Teach Us About Formerly Authoritarian Countries," 3 May 2018 Readers may have noticed a slight elision in my May 30 column on these matters. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "Open Up the Horowitz Secret Appendix," 15 June 2018 As a result of these elisions, the film feels less like a documentary than like a work of abstract expressionism, yet much beauty can be found in Russell's approach. — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, "Chicago Underground Film Festival: Gold and copper miners tough it out in Good Luck," 5 June 2018 Over time, elision became neglect: Partial articulations of a world of peoples were conflated with the very toxic particularism they had been created to realistically combat. — Martin Peretz, WSJ, "âRooted Cosmopolitansâ Review: Of Persons and Peoples," 8 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'elision.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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