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elide

See also: Elide, élide, and élidé

English

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Etymology

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From Latin ēlīdō (“I strike out”).

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elide (third-person singular simple present elides, present participle eliding, simple past and past participle elided)

  1. To leave out or omit (something).
    • 1995, Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory:
      Graham Hough's apparently objective assertion that 'Ozymandias' is 'extremely clear and direct', for example, elides the question of 'to whom?'.
  2. (linguistics) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
  3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
    • 2014 July 10, “Because we’re worth it”, in The Economist‎[3]:
      As Ms Shafak summarises, “the state is privileged, all-powerful and yet paradoxically safeguarded as if it were a fragile entity in need of protection.” Between it and its citizens a gulf looms; conversely, officials elide its interests with their own.

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  • The third sense, “conflate”, seems to be a recent development. It is not recognized by dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster and can be considered to be incorrect.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Wells, John (2010 July 8) “elision (not!)”, in John Wells’s phonetic blog‎[1], retrieved 16 June 2017
  2. ^ Keleny, Guy (2012 November 16) “Errors and Omissions: When words acquire new meanings, it's best not to stand in the way”, in The Independent‎[2], retrieved 16 June 2017

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈli.de/
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation: e‧lì‧de

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elide

  1. third-person singular present indicative of elidere

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Latin

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ēlīde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēlīdō

Portuguese

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elide

  1. inflection of elidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈlide/ [eˈli.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Syllabification: e‧li‧de

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elide

  1. inflection of elidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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