elide

Meaning

1. To leave out or omit (something).
2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

Synonyms

omit

delete

annul

cut away

cut off

cut out

excise

fail

leave out

miss

omission

pass over

pretermit

quash

rebut

sever

skip

suppress

miss out

abscind

amputate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈlaɪd/

Etymology

From Latin ēlīdō (“I strike out”).