Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.

    The ellipsis in 1, 2, 3, ..., 8, 9 means that the numbers 4, 5, 6, and 7 are not explicitly included, but are considered to be part of the pattern.

    The ellipsis in 0.333... means that the number is a repeating decimal, having threes that go on forever.

    Auslassungspunkte, drei Punkte

    многото́чиеmnogotóčije, троето́чиеtrojetóčije

    крапки́krapký, три кра́пкиtry krápky

  2. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The omission from a clause of a word or phrase that is nevertheless inferred using the context of the remaining element.

    Ellipse

    опуще́ниеopuščénije, про́пускprópusk, э́ллипсисéllipsis

  3. (countable, uncountable)The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)An ellipse.

More definitions
  • omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

Examples

3 sentences
  1. With ellipsis, any grammatical error can be justified.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · rul · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. With ellipsis, any grammar mistake can be justified.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · rul · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. The ellipsis are the tiptoe marks of the words gone.

    ruМноготочие — это следы на цыпочках ушедших слов.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · carlosalberto · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
typographic mark:
Русский
By meaning 2
typographic mark:
omission of word or phrase:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
typographic mark:
omission of word or phrase:

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). Doublet of ellipse.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

ellipsis — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto