verb🔗ShareTo leave out or omit (something)."The speaker was eliding crucial details about the accident, making it difficult to understand what really happened. "languagegrammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cut off, as a vowel or a syllable."The sign painter was eliding vowels on the banner to make the long phrase fit the space. "phoneticsgrammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between."The politician was criticized for eliding the differences between his economic plan and his opponent's, claiming they were essentially the same. "languagecommunicationlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading