Associations to the word «Elision»
Noun
- Vowel
- Consonant
- Syllable
- Assimilation
- Contraction
- Omission
- Deletion
- Pronunciation
- Orthography
- Phoneme
- Bridges
- Ensemble
- Prefix
- Pronoun
- Lim
- Noun
- Dialect
- Verb
- Linguistics
- Milton
- Accent
- Speech
- Phrase
- Word
- Paradise
- Reduction
- Hardware
- Poetry
- French
- Instance
- Cluster
- Verse
- Lock
- Sound
- Rule
- Stem
- Poem
- Language
- Final
- Mark
- Speaker
- Writing
- Meter
- Letter
- Context
- Or
- Form
- Example
- Poet
- Change
- Drop
- Article
- Line
- Process
Adjective
Wiktionary
ELISION, noun. The deliberate omission of something.
ELISION, noun. The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
Dictionary definition
ELISION, noun. Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next).
ELISION, noun. A deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.