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Synonyms for ellipsis


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-lip-sis
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɪp sɪs

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Définition of ellipsis

Origin :
  • 1560s, "an ellipse," from Latin ellipsis, from Greek elleipsis "a falling short, defect, ellipse," from elleipein "to fall short, leave out," from en- "in" + leipein "to leave" (see relinquish). Grammatical sense first recorded 1610s.
  • As in figure of speech : noun turn of expression
Example sentences :
  • An oval is never mistaken for a circle, nor an hyperbola for an ellipsis.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • He left the ellipsis to be filled in by the corpulent blackguard's intelligence.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • It's no good having an Ellipsis, if they don't keep it clean.
  • Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
  • Supply the ellipsis, and we have, "Whether he is there or no there."
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • "As soon as I've seen—" and a significant nod supplied the ellipsis.
  • Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King
  • It does not appear to be an ellipsis and has thus been removed.
  • Extract from : « Through the Malay Archipelago » by Emily Richings
  • What is pleonasm in a single sentence is ellipsis in a double one.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • An ellipsis or omission of words is found in all kinds of composition.
  • Extract from : « Why We Punctuate » by William Livingston Klein
  • Soccer is one of the relatively few English experiments in ellipsis.
  • Extract from : « The American Language » by Henry L. Mencken
  • An ellipsis has been added to indicate the incomplete statement.
  • Extract from : « Belford's Magazine, Vol II, No. 10, March 1889 » by Various
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