ellipsis

Noun

Meaning

Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.

An ellipse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

eclipsis ellipse simile compression abstract analogy contraction metaphor abbreviation apostrophe analogue allegory shortening omission allusion
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Antonyms

development addition fact increase performance specific
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Hypernyms

omission deletion

Derivatives

ellipses

Examples

Prose - it might be speculated - is discourse; poetry ellipsis. Joyce Carol Oates

An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities. Jami Attenberg

As with all characters, especially those outside the ASCII range, the author, sender and receiver of an encoded ellipsis must be in agreement upon what bytes are being used to represent the character. Source: Internet

An ellipsis character after a status message signifies that an operation is in progress and may take some time, as in "Downloading updates…". Source: Internet

Account muting will be in the ellipsis menu at the top right of each post, and you can choose to "Mute Posts" or "Mute Posts and Story," to also prevent that account's stories from appearing at the top of the Instagram app. Source: Internet

An ellipsis (plural: ellipses) is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ellipse catacaustic ellipse shaped ellipses ellipsism ellipsocone ellipsograph