ellipsis
pronunciation
How to pronounce ellipsis in British English:
UK [ɪˈlɪpsɪs]
How to pronounce ellipsis in American English:
US [ɪˈlɪpsɪs]
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- Noun:
- omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
Word Origin
- ellipsis (n.)
- 1560s, "an ellipse," from Latin ellipsis, from Greek elleipsis "a falling short, defect, ellipse in grammar," noun of action from elleipein "to fall short, leave out," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + leipein "to leave" (see relinquish). Grammatical sense in English first recorded 1610s. Related: Elipticity.
Example
- 1. It 's not an ellipsis ; it 's more like his brain has accelerated past the rest of the information .
- 2. Hopefully hiding the details with the ellipsis makes the meaning a little clearer .
- 3. Genuine vp ellipsis construction does not exist in english .
- 4. Exploring substitution and ellipsis in translation .
- 5. Ellipsis is used in writing to indicate an omission .