ellipsis
Meaning of ellipsis
noun
- A mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, or more recently a single character “…” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.
- (grammar) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
- The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
- An ellipse.
Information about ellipsis
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Hyphenation of ellipsis
el-lip-sis
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- ellipsis is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
ellipsis synonyms
Meaning eclipsis:
Words that rhyme with ellipsis
psis, Synapsis, apoapsis, apsis, asynapsis, desynapsis, metasynapsis, mitapsis, parapsis, parasynapsis, periapsis, presynapsis, synapsis, telosynapsis, zoothapsis, aeroscepsis, amnioclepsis, analepsis, antilepsis, antisepsis, arteriostrepsis, arteriotrepsis, asepsis, catalepsis, colisepsis, encephalosepsis, endosepsis, enterosepsis, epanalepsis, exosepsis, hematosepsis, menosepsis, metalepsis, metapepsis, monoblepsis, monolepsis, omphaloskepsis, parablepsis, paralepsis, pepsis, phlebostrepsis, procatalepsis, prolepsis, proteopepsis, pseudoblepsis, sarcosepsis, scepsis, sepsis, skepsis, stomatosepsis
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