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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ELISION

From Latin ēlīsiō, from ēlīdere to elide.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ELISION

elision  [ɪˈlɪʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELISION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elision is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ELISION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Elision

Elision is the omission of one or more sounds in a word or phrase, producing a result that is easier for the speaker to pronounce. Sometimes, sounds may be elided for euphonic effect. In Native English, elision comes naturally, and it is often described as "slurred" or "muted." Often, elision is deliberate. It is a common misconception that contractions automatically qualify as elided words, which comes from slack definitions. Not all elided words are contractions and not all contractions are elided words. In French, elision is mandatory in certain contexts, as in the clause C'est la vie. In Spanish, elision occurs less frequently but is common in certain dialects. It is never marked by an apostrophe in writing. Of particular interest is the word para, which becomes pa. Multiple words can be elided together, as in pa trabajar for para trabajar and pa delante or even pa lante for para adelante. An example of deliberate elision occurs in Latin poetry as a stylistic device. Under certain circumstances, such as one word ending in a vowel and the following word beginning in a vowel, the words may be elided together.

Definition of elision in the English dictionary

The definition of elision in the dictionary is the omission of a syllable or vowel at the beginning or end of a word, esp when a word ending with a vowel is next to one beginning with a vowel. Other definition of elision is any omission of a part or parts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELISION


abrasion
əˈbreɪʒən
anticollision
ˌæntɪkəˈlɪʒən
collision
kəˈlɪʒən
decision
dɪˈsɪʒən
division
dɪˈvɪʒən
envision
ɪnˈvɪʒən
equation
ɪˈkweɪʒən
Eurovision
ˈjʊərəʊˌvɪʒən
evasion
ɪˈveɪʒən
invasion
ɪnˈveɪʒən
night-vision
ˈnaɪtˌvɪʒən
occasion
əˈkeɪʒən
persuasion
pəˈsweɪʒən
precision
prɪˈsɪʒən
provision
prəˈvɪʒən
revision
rɪˈvɪʒən
subdivision
ˈsʌbdɪˌvɪʒən
supervision
ˌsuːpəˈvɪʒən
television
ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən
vision
ˈvɪʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELISION

eliminate
elimination
eliminative
eliminative materialism
eliminativism
eliminator
eliminatory
elint
Eliot
Elis
ELISA
Elisabeth
Elisabethville
Elisavetgrad
Elisavetpol
Elisha
elite
elitism
elitist
elixir

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELISION

blurred vision
cable television
cablevision
cell division
circumcision
colour television
commercial television
commission
concision
double vision
educational television
excision
field of vision
indecision
infantry division
interactive television
long division
night vision
panzer division
prevision
satellite television

Synonyms and antonyms of elision in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «elision» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELISION

Find out the translation of elision to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elision from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elision» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

省音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

elisión
570 millions of speakers

English

elision
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इलिजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ترخيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

элизия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

elisão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিলোপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

élision
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Elision
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

elision
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

省略
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

elision
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elisi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự bỏ bớt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அசை கெட்டு மறைதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एलिझन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

söylenişte bir sesin çıkarılması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elisione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

elizja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

елізія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eliziune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έκθλιψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

elisie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

elision
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

elision
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elision

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELISION»

The term «elision» is regularly used and occupies the 78.741 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELISION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «elision» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «elision» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elision

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELISION»

Discover the use of elision in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elision and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Introduction to Phonetics
Elision 7.70. A careful investigation of a full recording of a stretch of speech to determine what has actually been articulated often reveals that a number of features or segments of the chain which the speaker believes he has pronounced are ...
Leonard Francis Brosnahan, L. F. Brosnahan, Bertil Malmberg, 1976
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The Sounds of English and Dutch
More than one phoneme may be affected by an assimilation, e.g. tent peg /'tent peg/ -»- /'temp peg/. 11.4 ELISION A change from the ideal form in connected speech may involve the deletion of a phoneme, e.g. English first class /f3:st 'kla:s/ .
Beverley Collins, Inger Margrethe Mees, 1984
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English Phonology: An Introduction
We shall look at these in the following paragraphs: the phenomenon of reduction may affect segments, syllables and (as we have already seen) feet. 9.4.2 Reduction, elision, assimilation Let us start with bread and butter [.bredn'bAta], given in ...
Heinz J. Giegerich, 1992
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English Phonetics and Phonology Paperback with Audio CDs ...
It is essentially a natural phenomenon that can be seen in any sort of complex physical activity, and the only important matter is to remember the restriction, specific to English, on voicing assimilation mentioned above. 14.3 Elision OaU14 ,Ex2 ...
Peter Roach, 2009
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The Origins and Development of the English Language
Elision: Sounds Are Omitted The sentence used as an example of assimilation (“ What's your name?”) also exemplifies another kind of sound change: loss of sounds (elision) due to lack of stress. The verb is usually has no stress and thus often ...
John Algeo, 2009
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English Pronouncing Dictionary
There is a difference between the two cases: the former is a straightforward example of elision, and needs no special explanation that refers to a specific word or class of word, while the latter is a particular case of an insertion or deletion ...
Daniel Jones, Peter Roach, James Hartman, 2006
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The History of Final Vowels in English: The Sound of Muting
Inferred elision Elision as a source of evidence was mentioned briefly in the classification of the types of graphically marked loss of schwa. The term "elision" is used following its definition in the Oxford English Dictionary as "the dropping out or ...
Donka Minkova, 1991
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Elision in Latin and Greek
ELISION IN LATIN AND OREEK In Four Parts— Part I BY H W MAdOUN Elision in Latin has long been a crux. Concerning it two. .well-known theories have been in vogue. According to one, certain syllables were suppressed in reading ...
Herbert William Magoun, 1905
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A Grammar of Supyire
[n«uli] s/he PUT bathe. 'S/he will bathe.' 2.1.3.2. Elision of /1/ and /w/ As will be seen below in the section on secondary release, it appears that at some point in the past Supyire was in danger of losing its long vowels through diphthongization .
Robert Carlson, 1994
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Teach Yourself English Pronunciation: An Interactive Course ...
[bes'sels] elision 9. ['kaind 'aespekt] no elision (before a vowel) 10. ['graentjildren] elision Exercise 3 1. no elision or assimilation 2. elision and assimilation 3. elision and assimilation 4. no elision or assimilation 5. elision and assimilation 6.
Eva Estebas Vilaplana, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELISION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elision is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mapping the Racist Mind
In its elision of Native Americans, Latinos, and Asians, Judge Gosnell's dualism is less incorrect than indicative of the true (read: systemic) ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
2
In NBC News interview, Donald Trump cites Fox News coverage to …
Ouch — Fox News may not appreciate Trump's elision between the Republican Party and Fox News. Perhaps the most highest-rated cable ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Guillermo Jones Still on Course For Ring Return
By Elision Castillo. Former cruiserweight champion Guillermo Jones (39-3-2, 31KOs), 43-years-old, says he is still on course to return to boxing ... «BoxingScene.com, Jul 15»
4
The Fax of Life
One can't help noticing, however, the elision of any difference between appearance and reality, a widespread confusion of talking with doing. «Washington Free Beacon, Jul 15»
5
'When did the importance of knowledge become the presumptive …
By a strange elision, progressive educationalists became the enemies of promise, selling out less advantaged students, those less immersed in cultural capital. «TES News, Jul 15»
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Terminator Genisys Review
Where I see clever elision and excising, many others may see cash-grabbing cynicism resulting in nonsensical shortcuts. Which is probably a ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
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Hundreds pay tribute to health professional who died suddenly …
2006-08: Ran a training establishment – Elision Health, in Leicestershire. 2007: As director of education at University College London ... «Leicester Mercury, Jun 15»
8
Farewell to the American century
The turmoil in Crimea has its roots in the elision of two separate Ukraine crises – the linking of the latest chapter in Ukraine's interminable ... «New Statesman, Jun 15»
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Eliason fulfills a dream: Hibbing golfer hits hole-in-one, has perfect …
Elision has one thing going for him — every year he's played, he's shot better on Sunday. “The problem, I've usually shot really, really bad on ... «Hibbing Daily Tribune, Jun 15»
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Just Terrific: A Remembrance of James Salter
He loved Isaac Babel, those modernist quick cuts, that elision and economy, the comedic shock with which the mundane is ripped apart by ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»

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