verb🔗ShareTo leave out or omit (something)."The speaker tended to elide the negative aspects of the project, focusing only on the successes. "languagelinguisticsgrammarwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cut off, as a vowel or a syllable."In casual speech, people often elide the "to" in phrases like "going to," making it sound like "gonna." "languagephoneticsgrammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between."The politician tried to elide the difference between raising taxes and investing in public services, hoping voters wouldn't notice the details. "languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
