noun🔗SharePuntos suspensivosA mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, or more recently a single character “…” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible."Instead of writing out the entire recipe, the cookbook used an ellipsis "..." to show that some steps were skipped for brevity. "En lugar de escribir toda la receta, el libro de cocina usó puntos suspensivos "..." para mostrar que algunos pasos se omitieron por brevedad.grammarlanguagewritingmarkliteraturelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareElipsis, omisión(grammar) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.""Instead of saying 'Did you go to the store and did you buy milk?', I used an ellipsis and asked, 'Did you go to the store and buy milk?'" "En lugar de decir '¿Fuiste a la tienda y compraste leche?', usé una elipsis y pregunté: '¿Fuiste a la tienda y compraste leche?'grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareElipsis, omisiónThe omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot."The film used ellipsis to skip over the character's boring commute to work, focusing instead on the important meeting. "La película usó la elipsis para omitir el aburrido viaje al trabajo del personaje, centrándose en cambio en la importante reunión.mediaentertainmentstoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareElipseAn ellipse."The orbit of the Earth around the sun is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse. "La órbita de la Tierra alrededor del sol no es un círculo perfecto, sino una elipse.mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
