elide

Meanings

• Verb

  To omit or leave out a word or letter, especially to save space or make pronunciation easier.

• Verb

  To hide or conceal, especially deliberately.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with elide
ide , tide , hide , tide , side

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Variants

List of all variants of elide that leads to same result
elide , elided , elides , eliding

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Forms

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Elides, Eliding

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Etymology

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From Old French elidier, from elider, to hide, conceal, from elide, aside, away.

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Trivia

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1. Elision was used extensively in ancient Greek and Latin poetry to save space and create metrical regularity.

2. The term elide comes from the Latin word elidere, which means 'to hide or conceal'.

3. Elision is commonly used in legal documents and contracts to simplify language and avoid redundancy.

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Related Concepts

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1. Euphemism: Both elide and euphemism serve to hide or conceal something, but while elide omits words, euphemisms replace them with more polite or indirect language.

2. Syncope: In linguistics, syncope refers to the omission of one or more syllables in a word, which is similar to elision but affects the pronunciation rather than the written form.

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Culture

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Elide has been used in literature and poetry to create a sense of ambiguity or mystery by omitting certain words or letters. In music, elision is used to seamlessly connect two musical phrases.

How to Memorize "elide"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of crossing out or omitting a word or letter when you encounter the word elide.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word elide with the concept of hiding or concealing.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that elide starts with the same letters as 'hide' and 'conceal'.

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