1) Conciseness 2) Dots 3) Eclipsis
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1) Deletion 2) Dot dot dot 3) Eclipsis 4) It indicates an omission 5) Literary terminology 6) Mark indicating omission 7) Omission 8) Omission indication 9) Omission of a word 10) Omission periods 11) Three dots 12) Three points 13) Three points in a row
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three dots used to indicate a break, pause, or unfinished thought (
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the non-metrical omission of letters or words whose absence does not impede the reader's ability to understand the expression. For example, the last line in the following leaves the lexical verb understood: Hugh, he could fancy No one but Nancy, And Sally got antsy Just thinking of Chauncy, But Nancy liked Drew And Chaun...
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• (n.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire. • (n.) An ellipse.
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figure of speech characterized by the deliberate omission of a word or words that are, however, understood in light of the grammatical context. The ...
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A punctuation mark made up of three dots in a row, indicating that a word or phrase has been omitted.
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Three dots that are a single character, not three periods. Will not break on a return. Option; on a Mac.
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(plural, ellipses) (1) In its oldest sense as a rhetorical device, ellipsis refers to the artful omi
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The non-metrical omission of letters or words whose absence does not impede the reader's ability to
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El·lip'sis (ĕl*lĭp'sĭs)
noun ;
plural Ellipses (- sēz). [ Latin , from Greek
'e`lleipsis a leaving, defect, from
'ellei`pein to leave in, fall short;
'en in +
lei`pein to leave. See
In , and
Loan , a...
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(Ellipsis (elliptical)) English grammar allows certain words to be missed from a grammatical construction (i.e. for a sentence to be grammatically abbreviated) and yet for it still to allow full meaning to be achieved, e.g. 'I bought half a dozen eggs and [...I also bought...] six rashers of bacon.' The reader or listener is able to 'add back in' t...
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A writer´s technique of leaving out words intentionally which would give the full meaning of the phrase or line. The sentence or phrase can be understood from the context. Sometimes this means is simply used to avoid repetition.
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Omission from a sentence of words needed to complete its construction, but without a loss of sense.
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An ellipsis is a printing symbol consisting of three full stops in a row, indicating that a word or passage has been omitted from the printed matter.
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ellipsis (s), ellipses (pl) 1. The omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction but not necessary for understanding; an example of such omission. 2. A mark or series of marks ( . . . or * * * or - - -, for example) used in writing or printing to indicate an omission; especially, of letters or words. 3. The...
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the omission of words from a sentence
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eclipsis noun omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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Punctuation mark ... to suggest the omission of one or more words in a sentence. Omission of more than one word is strictly termed `plural` ellipsis. Ellipsis of a relative
that is common in English, as in `the song [that] she sang`. Ellipsis of identical forms of
be and
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· the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down. · the omission of one or more items from a construction in order to avoid repeating the identical or equivalent ...
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[ASVAB glossary] omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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[TEKS ELAR vocabulary] omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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[Intelligent words] omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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