elide

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(ĭ-līd') pronunciation
tr.v., e·lid·ed, e·lid·ing, e·lides.
    1. To omit or slur over (a syllable, for example) in pronunciation.
    2. To strike out (something written).
    1. To eliminate or leave out of consideration.
    2. To cut short; abridge.

[Latin ēlīdere, to strike out : ē-, ex-, ex- + laedere, to strike.]


Conservative columnist David Brooks takes a whack at the writing style of Harriet Miers, President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court:

"Nearly every idea is vague and depersonalized. Nearly every debatable point is elided."

Link: In Her Own Words

Posted October 16, 2005.

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to suppress or alter by elision; to strike out (a word or passage)
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To omit in pronunciation.

pronunciation The spelling bee contestants were mindful of the ramifications if they were to elide a syllable when repeating a word to the judges.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udelade, elidere

Nederlands (Dutch)
weglaten van gesproken/ geschreven (mede)klinker, weglaten, verkorten

Français (French)
v. tr. - élider

Deutsch (German)
v. - elidieren, auslassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (γραμμ.) εκθλίβω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
elidere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - eliminar, omitir, anular (jur.)

Русский (Russian)
выпускать, опускать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - elidir, omitir, suprimir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - elidera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
省略, 取消, 省略发音

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 省略, 取消, 省略發音

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 생략하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 省略する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحذف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השמיט, הבליע‬


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