English dictionary

ellipsis

/I/'l/I/ps/I/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

noun.process

Synonyms eclipsis

Source: WordNet 3.0
Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues <i>which</i> I admire.

noun

Source: webster1913