ellipse
To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly…To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
» Ellipses have so much to hide....
Auslassungen haben ja so viel zu verbergen ... — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Многоточия так многое скрывают... — Ooneykcall
Три крапки так багато приховують... — deniko
papabear · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
In B's response to A's question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: I'd love to), the words that are ellipsed are go out.
Examples
5 sentencesEllipses have so much to hide....
Три крапки так багато приховують... — deniko
ruМноготочия так многое скрывают... — Ooneykcall
deAuslassungen haben ja so viel zu verbergen ... — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Before the ellipses, you need a space.
A cone and a cylinder can be cut by the same ellipse.
Ellipses can make a sentence more mysterious...
ruМноготочия могут придать предложению загадочности... — Ooneykcall
The ellipses are the marks of words that have disappeared on the tip of their toes.
ruМноготочие — это следы на цыпочках ушедших слов. — odexed
Origin
From French ellipse. Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from AncienFrom French ellipse. Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis). Doublet of ellipsis.
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Forms
ellipses, ellipsing, ellipsed, ellipsedWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle