elide
verb (used with object)
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
eliding
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present participleof elide.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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What’s more, she respects her subject without eliding his narcissism or disingenuity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The past-present parallelism is provocative, but it also seems faintly superficial — a way of eliding distinctions and streamlining history.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
So when students, spotting Solomon’s wedding ring, asked for her husband’s name, she laughed it off with an eliding joke.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2022
Instead of eliding that conversation, the writers step into the center of it.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2020
The priest's voice sounded thin and low: neither could hear what he said; the congregation made rapid responses regularly, but eliding the, to them, familiar words.
From Simon Called Peter by Robert Keable
