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elision

eli·sion

UK/ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/ US/ɪˈlɪz.j(ə)n̩/ uncommon

noun

1.

omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)

2.

a deliberate act of omission

  • “with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news”
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Origin

From Latin ēlīsiō (“striking out, forcing out”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from ēlīsus (“knocked out, forced out”), past participle of ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”) (whence elide), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).

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