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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According to OpenAI, the deletion cannot be undone, and its support team cannot recover the content.

— Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
For broader deletion, Muse offers additional controls, including a feature called Reset Muse.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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That's becoming an increasingly significant omission in a segment where competitors are finding ways to combine substantial passenger space with considerably better fuel economy.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
The mistakes that have been most extreme in Berkshire's history are mistakes of omission.

— Alex Crippen, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of omission

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