1) Abbreviation 2) Omission of a syllable
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1) Elision
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In phonology, apocope (iː) is the loss of one or more sounds from the end of a word, and especially the loss of an unstressed vowel. ==Etymology== Apocope comes from Greek ἀποκοπή apokope from ἀποκόπτειν apokoptein, `cutting off`, from ἀπο- apo-, `away from` and κόπτειν koptein, `to cut.` ==Historical sound cha...
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cutting off the last sound of a word
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the omission of the last syllable of a word. See also Aphesis.
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• (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. • (n.) A cutting off; abscission.
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Deleting a syllable or letter from the end of a word. In The Merchant of Venice, one character says,
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The omission of the last syllable of a word. See also aphesis.
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A·poc'o·pe noun [ Latin , from Greek ... a cutting off, from ... to cut off; ... from + ... to cut.]
1. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
2. (Medicine) A cutting off; abscission.
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The removal of letters or syllables at the end of a word.
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n] - abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds
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The omission of the last letter or syllable of a word.
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noun abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; `the British get `pud` from `pudding` by apocope`
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loss or omission of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
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