Elision

What do we mean by elision?

Omission of a sound that would normally be pronounced in speaking a word. noun

The combination of two syllables into one for the purposes of poetic scansion. noun

The act or an instance of omission. noun

A striking or cutting off; specifically, in grammar, the cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, naturally or for the sake of euphony or meter, especially at the end of a word when the next word begins with a vowel; more generally, the suppression of any part of a word in speech or writing: as, in “th' embattled plain” there is an elision of e; in “I'll not do it” there is an elision of wi. noun

Division; separation. noun

The deliberate omission of something. noun

The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe. noun

A deliberate act of omission noun

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

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word elision. Define elision, elision synonyms, elision pronunciation, elision translation, English dictionary definition of elision.

Words that are spelled similarly to elision:
elision, elusion, elison, elysion.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word elision:
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Words that rhyme with elision:
prelusion.

Adjectives that are often used to describe elision:
such, complete, similar, non, easy, same, frequent, simple, common, consonant, proper, questionable, optional, historical, curious, apparent, textual, important, conceptual, partial, further, metrical, significant, double, poetic, luk, deliberate, constant, harsh, occasional, possible, final, single, temporal, systematic, slight, strange, gradual, weak, considerable, formal, manifest, subtle, homeric, skillful, medial, miltonic, ancient, usual, swift, neat, silent, ideological, excessive, fatal, critical, actual, initial, obligatory, greek, soft, marked, rhetorical, careful, smooth, awkward, velar, consistent, subsequent, theoretical, nasal, magical, virtual, interesting, far, classical, latin, conventional, barbarous, grammatical, accidental, typical, less, familiar, logical.

Consonant match to elision:
elysee in.

Words that sound like elision:
illision, elision, illusion, elysian, elusion, allision, elation, allusion, illation, elution, elisions, ilusion, eleven, elevon, religion, delusion, collision, illusions, ellison, elysia, aleutian, elicia, elison, alation, ilagan, elusions, ellyson, eclosion, allison, alison, allyson, alyson, oleson, clition, election, ilosone, illyrian, erosion, alicia, emission, collusion, elisha, dilution, deletion, malaysian, allusions, ilium, occlusion, illumine, milligan, ileum, politian, ilion, elion, alyssum, milliken, inition, alion, millican, billiken, salesian, galician, willison, ilija, billiton, chelation, erasion, allegan, eligio, elishah, tillison, ephesian, alleging, alevin, lsn, lnn, olesen, village inn, vision, alien, glisten, volition, alian, alysha, glisson, allergen, plosion, scission, visione, flicken, slicken, oliven, allergan, all-in-one, schlieren, clachan, eilean, schlitten, alarum, alanine.