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- Dictionarye·li·sion/əˈliZH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in I'm, let's, e 'en).
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1. a. : 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) b. : the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable in a verse to achieve a uniform metrical pattern. 2. : the act or an instance of omitting something : omission.
Definition of Elision. An elision is the removal of an unstressed syllable, consonants, or letters from a word or phrase, for the purpose of decreasing the number of letters or syllables when mixing words together. The missing letter is replaced by an apostrophe.
What Is Elision? Elision is the dropping of a syllable, letter, or sound from a word or a phrase. In the opening examples, we see such dropping in you’ll (you will), ne’er-do-well (never-do-well), gonna (going to), coulda (could have), shoulda (should have), woulda (would have), and don’t (do not).
Leaving something out is an elision. If the movie version of your favorite book leaves out the most exciting plot line, it's because the director made an elision. Elision has its roots in the Latin word elidere, which means "to crush out."
ELISION definition: 1. the fact of not pronouncing a particular sound in a word 2. the fact of not pronouncing a…. Learn more.
Elision is a technique in which the writer omits a letter or letters in part of a word. Oftentimes this is used when writing in meter in order to create the desired rhythm or pattern.
noun. 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. any omission of a part or parts. Discover More.
In linguistics, an elision or deletion is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase. However, these terms are also used to refer more narrowly to cases where two words are run together by the omission of a final sound. [1]
ELISION meaning: 1. the fact of not pronouncing a particular sound in a word 2. the fact of not pronouncing a…. Learn more.
Definition of elision noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
