Definitionn. omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
Last update: July 28, 2015
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Ellipsis within a sentence is indicated by three spaced stops. [noun]
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Words may be omitted and shown by the use of three dots, known as ellipsis points. [noun]
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The ellipsis is the zig-zag of the phrase. [noun]
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He left the ellipsis to be filled in by the corpulent blackguard's intelligence. [Please select]
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An oval is never mistaken for a circle, nor an hyperbola for an ellipsis. [Please select]
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Marks of Ellipsis (***) indicate the omission of letters of a word, or words of a sentence; as, P * * * * e J**n, for Prince John; the ******* was hung, for the traitor was hung. [Please select]
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Where an ellipsis occurs and the meaning is not obvious, there is a pause to give time to realize the logical connection: I'd rather rove with Edmund there Than reign our English queen. [Please select]
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