ELLIPSIS
\ɪlˈɪpsɪs], \ɪlˈɪpsɪs], \ɪ_l_ˈɪ_p_s_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of ELLIPSIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.
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An ellipse.
By Oddity Software
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Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.
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An ellipse.
By Noah Webster.
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The omission of a word or words needed in the grammatical structure of a sentence, the sense of which is nevertheless clear without the omitted word or words.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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