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ellipsis
[ih-lip-sis]
noun
plural
ellipsesGrammar.
the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down.
the omission of one or more items from a construction in order to avoid repeating the identical or equivalent items that are in a preceding or following construction, as the omission of been to Paris from the second clause of I've been to Paris, but they haven't.
Printing.a mark or marks as ——, …, or * * *, to indicate an omission or suppression of letters or words.
ellipsis
/ ɪˈɪɪ /
noun
Also called: eclipsis.omission of parts of a word or sentence
printing a sequence of three dots (…) indicating an omission in text
ellipsis
A punctuation mark (…) used most often within quotations to indicate that something has been left out. For example, if we leave out parts of the above definition, it can read: “A punctuation mark (…) used most often … to indicate….”
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ellipsis1
Example Sentences
He inserted this ellipsis, so the sentence meant the literal opposite of what it had actually said.
In the premiere, the drama revolves around the dreaded disappearing ellipsis — that feeling when you can see someone typing and then it stops.
Her sentences end not in periods but in ellipses.
“ we do on this show all the time is we look for ellipses in the mythology and then those become great opportunities to hopefully fill in the blanks,” McKay says.
These tiny ellipses, and Ben’s gentle solicitousness, are far more resonant than the thriller-style trickiness — including an actual explosion — that surrounds them.
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