elide

[ih-lahyd]

verb (used with object)

elided, eliding 

1. to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.

2. to suppress; omit; ignore; pass over.

3. Law.,  to annul or quash.

elide

/ ɪˈlaɪd /

verb

1. phonetics to undergo or cause to undergo elision

Other Word Forms

• elidible adjective
• unelided adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of elide¹

First recorded in 1530–50; from Latin ēlīdere “to strike out,” equivalent to ē- “out, out of; away” + -līdere, combining form of laedere “to wound”; e- ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of elide¹

C16: from Latin ēlīdere to knock, from laedere to hit, wound

Example Sentences

Weiss has cultivated a reputation as a reasonable dissident, eliding outright partisanship and granting her the appearance of neutrality while claiming the mantle to question progressive orthodoxy.

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"When a wrongful conviction occurs, it is, in the end, because they said so. All too often, the responsibility of judges for producing and maintaining wrongful convictions gets neglected, elided, and ignored."

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But this kind of ludicrous fantasy allows Hegseth to elide the deep paradox of his argument.

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Yet previously, it often felt like the producers of “Love Is Blind” were going out of their way to elide overtly partisan conversations, or the discussions were so vague that they were almost incomprehensible.

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Donald J. Trump likes to dwell on his successes as president, often eliding his role in events and policies that alienated some of his base.

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