Need another word that means the same as “elide”? Find 21 synonyms for “elide” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Elide” are: leave out, exclude, fail to include, except, shut out, leave off, take out, miss out, miss, fail to mention, pass over, drop, delete, cut, erase, eliminate, expunge, rub out, cross out, strike out, dispense with
Elide as a Verb
Definitions of "Elide" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “elide” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Join together; merge.
- Omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking.
- Leave or strike out.
Synonyms of "Elide" as a verb (21 Words)
| cross out | Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties. |
| cut | Function as a cutting instrument. Cut a ticket. |
| delete | (of a section of genetic code, or its product) be lost or excised from a nucleic acid or protein sequence. Please delete my name from your list. |
| dispense with | Administer or bestow, as in small portions. |
| drop | Let or cause to fall in drops. The cow dropped her calf this morning. |
| eliminate | Eliminate from the body. The acid portion of one molecule reacts with the basic portion of the other and water is eliminated. |
| erase | Remove all traces of; destroy or obliterate. Please erase the formula on the blackboard it is wrong. |
| except | Take exception to. Five classes of advertisement are excepted from control. |
| exclude | Prevent from being included or considered or accepted. The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages. |
| expunge | Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. The kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory. |
| fail to include | Prove insufficient. |
| fail to mention | Fail to get a passing grade. |
| leave off | Act or be so as to become in a specified state. |
| leave out | Act or be so as to become in a specified state. |
| miss | Fail to attend, participate in, or watch. There is something missing in my jewelry box. |
| miss out | Fail to reach or get to. |
| pass over | Pass over across or through. |
| rub out | Cause friction. |
| shut out | Prevent from entering shut out. |
| strike out | Drive something violently into a location. |
| take out | Require (time or space. |
Usage Examples of "Elide" as a verb
- This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant.
- English speakers often elide the vowel completely.
- Whole periods of time are elided into a few seconds of screen time.