The meaning of Ellipsis
Ellipsis – definition
nounThe omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
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It is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent
nounA situation in which words are left out of a sentence but the sentence can still be understood
Usage examples:
An example of ellipsis is "what percentage was left?" "20." (= 20 percent)
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Word origin
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein ‘leave out’.
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