Thesaurus / elision
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synonyms for elision
- decrease
- deflation
- recession
- reduction
- shrinkage
- abbreviation
- abridgment
- compression
- condensation
- condensing
- confinement
- constriction
- curtailment
- diminution
- dwindling
- evaporation
- lessening
- narrowing
- omission
- receding
- reducing
- shrinking
- tightening
- withdrawal
- abbreviating
- confining
- curtailing
- cutting down
- decreasing
- deflating
- diminishing
- drawing together
- evaporating
- omitting
- tensing
- withdrawing
- breach
- carelessness
- exclusion
- failing
- lapse
- oversight
- blank
- break
- cancellation
- chasm
- default
- disregard
- elimination
- failure
- forgetfulness
- gap
- hiatus
- inadvertence
- inadvertency
- lack
- lacuna
- neglect
- overlook
- preclusion
- preterition
- pretermission
- prohibition
- repudiation
- skip
- slip
- withholding
- cutting out
- disregardance
- excluding
- ignoring
- leaving out
- missing
- noninclusion
- overlooking
- passing over
- slighting
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antonyms for elision
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- success
- accomplishment
- achievement
- allowance
- closure
- continuation
- continuity
- juncture
- perfection
- permission
- regard
- respect
- addition
- inclusion
- insertion
- remembrance
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How to use elision in a sentence
We must here read 'hold-e,' without elision of final e, which is preserved by the csura.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCEROr read: 'That mad her to slepe sone'; without elision of e in made (Koch).
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERNote that there is no elision with entre except in compound verbs (entr'ouvrir, etc.).
CONTES FRANAISDOUGLAS LABAREE BUFFUMFor ce qui arrivera, notice the incorrect use of que as subject (no elision would occur with qui).
CONTES FRANAISDOUGLAS LABAREE BUFFUMWhat has been said about syncope applies also to the relative spheres of elision and hiatus.
SELECTIONS FROM EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH 1130-1250: PART II: NOTESVARIOUSSuch is the origin of the term Chicago, which is a derivative, by elision and French annotation, from the word Chi-kaug-ong.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFTBefore a vowel, the final -e could suffer elision, which reduced the form to lov'd' (luvd).
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 6 (OF 7) -- INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEXESGEOFFREY CHAUCERThe general rules for elision and the slurring of light syllables are given above, in 67.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 6 (OF 7) -- INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEXESGEOFFREY CHAUCERNotice some examples where the caesura necessarily preserves a final -e from elision, as in B 3989; where tal-e occurs before al.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 6 (OF 7) -- INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEXESGEOFFREY CHAUCERBut it is necessary to add a few words as regards his system of accentuation, elision, contraction, and other noteworthy points.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 6 (OF 7) -- INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEXESGEOFFREY CHAUCERWORDS RELATED TO ELISION
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abridgment
- compression
- condensation
- condensing
- confinement
- confining
- constriction
- curtailing
- curtailment
- cutting down
- decrease
- decreasing
- deflating
- deflation
- diminishing
- diminution
- drawing together
- dwindling
- elision
- evaporating
- evaporation
- lessening
- narrowing
- omission
- omitting
- receding
- recession
- reducing
- reduction
- shrinkage
- shrinking
- tensing
- tightening
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
- blank
- breach
- break
- cancellation
- carelessness
- chasm
- cutting out
- default
- disregard
- disregardance
- elimination
- elision
- excluding
- exclusion
- failing
- failure
- forgetfulness
- gap
- hiatus
- ignoring
- inadvertence
- inadvertency
- lack
- lacuna
- lapse
- leaving out
- missing
- neglect
- noninclusion
- overlook
- overlooking
- oversight
- passing over
- preclusion
- preterition
- pretermission
- prohibition
- repudiation
- skip
- slighting
- slip
- withholding
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