elision

Elision is one or more sounds left out of a word.

It seems an elision of something that would be better off talked about.

But for those who may not know the full story, his elisions can be troublesome.

The story often works through indirection and elision, though at other times is very direct.

The careless elisions of his voice were practiced, it seemed to me.

Elision is common before a letter starting with a vowel.

Elision was a common device in the works of Catullus.

It is important to know when to let the last sound of a word run into the next word (elision).

Elision is extremely common in the pronunciation of the Japanese language.

There are strictly speaking no elisions of any kind.

Therefore, these elisions effectively created words that existed only in poetry.

Cass' version was longer than modern elisions, but it is the first known instance of the saying.

Greek, which uses its own alphabet, marks elision in the same way.

The elision rules are the same for el and la.

Quite a lot is left out, as a matter of fact (Whistler worked by omission and elision).

These may also involve elisions of two words that are similar in meaning or in sound.

Such elision is rare or sporadic in the other dialects.

The latter elision spans the diaeresis in the last line.

However, initial and final vowel elision appeared to have been the norm.

The beat requires the extreme elisions and only a performance poet would get the rhythm right.

The elisions between those steps and passages can be painful to watch, so carefully are they negotiated.

In that case, why did we not fashion the film with these elisions and abridgements originally?

Concealing a patient's travels from one gender to the other would be more than a little white elision, though.

His poem, "Elisions", was written on the competition theme of slavery.

To spell the elided words correctly is to miss the point of this elision field.