to elide

Examples

• All

• His assumption leads him to elide the actual data of the letters as they appear in the text.

  Academic text (2016)

• Again, I get lazy and I elide things like that and well, I pay for that.

• We regret that the limits of space constrain us to elide discussion of numerous other important scholars and their work.

  Academic text (2004)

• To speak of either the "Xhosa" or "Zulu" is to elide complex identities.

  Academic text (2003)

• Furthermore, I argue about the danger of eliding class in our considerations of race or gender in the United States.

  Academic text (2005)

• Though the bare facts of our lives, our daily schedules reveal little, much is elided or frequently forgotten.

  Fiction book (1998)

• In both texts, the authors elide medieval Islamic and ancient Greek identities in order to ridicule both traditions.

  Academic text (2008)

• In contrast, proponents of participant observation often critique traditional field journals for eliding the ways observers affect the actions they witness.

  Academic text (2013)

• When pronouncing the word 'chocolate', many people tend to elide the second 'o'.

• In casual speech, people often elide certain syllables to make their sentences flow more smoothly.

Synonyms

S

to syncopate

vsto elide

• Specialized

9.9

To leave out a sound inside a word when speaking quickly

omits sounds or letters in any position not only the middle

A

to apocopate

vsto elide

• Specialized

9.9

To shorten a word by dropping its last sound or syllable

omits sounds or letters in any position not only the end

Antonyms

I

to include

∞ 1.0

To make a person or thing part of something larger

A

to add

∞ 1.0

Include something extra to make something larger or better

How Much

to delete

287 2.0

to elide

2 8.2

to reduce

• Specialized

1 6.9

to pronounce

204 1.0

to enunciate

6 5.8

Surface Forms

Etymology