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- (grammar) (instance of) leaving out a word or words from (the grammatical structure of) a sentence when the meaning can be understood without it/them [Barron]
- the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete [Taisha]
More word meanings for ellipsis
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- Wiktionary:
- ellipsis @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- ellipsis @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- ellipsis @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- ellipsis @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- ellipsis @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- ellipsis @ Answers.com
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