eliding
Removing sounds from speech
Eliding is the act of omitting or slurring over something.
In speech, you elide sounds when you run words together: "gonna" elides "going to." In writing or discussion, to elide something is to pass over it, often strategically: The report elided any mention of the scandal.
The word suggests smoothing over rather than confronting directly.
Mark indicating omitted words
- omissionFailure to include
- contractionReduction in size
- deletionRemoval of content
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
gapping · sluicing · clitic · reduction · auxiliary · anaphora · liaison · hiatus
Rhythmic hopping locomotion
- glossing overSuperficially covering faults
- leaving outFailing to include
- passing overGoing across or ignoring
- overlookingFailing to see or consider
dropping · cutting · suppressing · omitting · bypassing · neglecting · disregarding · condensing
ellipsis
Mark indicating omitted words
- omissionFailure to include
- contractionReduction in size
- deletionRemoval of content
syncope · gapping · sluicing · clitic · reduction · auxiliary · anaphora · liaison · hiatus · syllable
skipping
Rhythmic hopping locomotion
- glossing overSuperficially covering faults
- leaving outFailing to include
- passing overGoing across or ignoring
overlooking · dropping · cutting · suppressing · omitting · bypassing · neglecting · disregarding · condensing · abridging
merging
Blending into one
linking · connecting · smoothing · gliding · transitioning · flowing · fusing · combining · bridging · concatenating
- shorteningabbreviation, abbreviating, abridgment, truncating, truncation
elidingenunciating
Pronouncing with clarity
articulating · pronouncing · sounding out · emphasizing · voicing
elidingincluding
Containing as part
inserting · adding · incorporating · retaining · keeping
elidingexpanding
Growing in scope
elaborating · spelling out · detailing · explicating · amplifying
exclude, excluding, preclude, concluding, excluded, excludes, elision, precluded, elide