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