Associations to the word «Ellipsis»
Noun
- Omission
- Stripping
- Deletion
- Antecedent
- Syntax
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Verb
- Adjective
- Ib
- Phrase
- Cohesion
- Clause
- Cor
- Np
- Unicode
- Sentence
- Dot
- Auxiliary
- Linguistic
- Parenthesis
- Gram
- Constituent
- Substitution
- Dash
- Grammar
- Bracket
- Quotation
- Complement
- Mechanism
- Notation
- Conjunction
- Metaphor
- Handicap
- Suppression
- Dependency
- Continuation
- Rhetoric
- Instance
- Discourse
- Adam
- Coordination
- Murray
- Quote
- Fragment
- Pause
- Context
- Phenomenon
- Argument
- Analysis
- Construction
- Text
- Word
- Reader
- Example
- Id
- Occurrence
- Or
- Mood
- Answer
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ELLIPSIS, noun. (typography) A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, nowadays a single character “…” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.
ELLIPSIS, noun. (grammar) (rhetoric) The omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be inferred.
ELLIPSIS, noun. (film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
Dictionary definition
ELLIPSIS, noun. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.
Wise words
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say
"infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no
word left when you want to talk about something really
infinite.