elision

noun

eli·sion i-ˈli-zhən

: the use of a speech form that lacks a final or initial sound which a variant speech form has (such as 's instead of is in there's)

: the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable in a verse to achieve a uniform metrical pattern

: the act or an instance of omitting something : omission

Examples of elision in a Sentence

unfortunately, when the book was condensed, some of the elisions rendered major plot developments incomprehensible

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But a lot of those gaps were actually intentional elisions, the result of Leone's broader stylistic conviction against didactic storytelling. —

Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024 Such elisions may be understandable, but the hearings are over. —

Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 These two work by means of elision and ellipsis, unfolding in sections separated by roughly 20 years. —

Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024 Perhaps Netanyahu’s most disquieting elision in his U.N. speech, in this season of atonement, is that Moses’s admonition to choose blessings over curses was aimed specifically at the Children of Israel. —

Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for elision