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elision
noun
A deliberate act of omission
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ɪˈlɪ.ʒ(ə)n̩
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noun
A deliberate act of omission
“With the exception of the children, everyone was told the news”
noun
Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
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With the exception of the children, everyone was told the news
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