ellipses
Meaning
plural of ellipse
ellipse
ellipsis
- (countable, uncountable) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
- (countable, uncountable) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An ellipse.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˈlɪpsɪz/
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