elide

Verb

Meaning

To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.

To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

miss bob cut except reduce contract drop decrease crop eliminate suppress cancel forget discount dismiss
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Antonyms

include contain cover count ask incorporate
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Hypernyms

except exclude omit take out leave out leave off

Hyponyms

drop

Related terms

collide ellipsis elision elidable

Derivatives

elided eliding

Anagrams

edile delie idele leied

Examples

This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant Source: Internet

It is common for people to elide the distinction between X city proper and X metro area. Source: Internet

It's easier to elide over history, it's easier to forget, and it's easier to complain about something that can be fixed than to actually do something. Source: Internet

The cancerous lie at the heart of this presidency, which his speech will ignore or elide, is that the state of our union is not strong at all. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

elicoidali Elida elidable elidible Elie Elie Metchnikoff