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
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite
surprised to be taken at his word.