ELISION Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

elision

noun

i-ˈli-zhən

Definition of elision

as in deletion

something left out unfortunately, when the book was condensed, some of the elisions rendered major plot developments incomprehensible

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Recent Examples of elision And Henry’s brilliant at that—using the right hundred-dollar word there, and being slightly charming here, and a slight elision there. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025 Her lyrics, riddled with em-dashes and elisions, seem to map her spontaneous neural firing. — Pitchfork, 2 Dec. 2025 Overweening expressions of ‘good’ taste often give rise to myopic elisions between public and private identities. — Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025 The contents of each article have not been rearranged, however, and all elisions have been clearly marked. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011 See All Example Sentences for elision

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Noun

One message warned others about an alphabetical deletion sweep and suggested another page as an alternative location.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Both Good Good and Callaway issued apologies for the ad in the days following its deletion.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of deletion

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Goodson’s omission from the roster was the most surprising outcome of the day for the Falcons.

— Josh Kendall, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Deadline’s questions to the festival about the jury conference had come about following the conference’s clear omission from the festival schedule, which was highly unusual.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of omission

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