elide
verb (used with object)
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
elides
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present tense formof elide (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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His letter elides the distinction between Covid vaccines for healthy children and medicines like Sarepta’s that treat debilitating and fatal diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
This matter-of-fact description of how Dingell lost his gavel is Pelosi, and much of her book, in a nutshell, in how it elides the grisly details.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2024
He elides precisely what happened to him after his arrest on March 11, but he spent six days in custody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
But it also elides an inconvenient truth about mainstream filmmaking that most screenwriters would prefer go un-emphasized, which is that their craft has always been a bastardized art form.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2023
To us, the sound of the horn elides from high frequencies to low.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
