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ELIDE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ELIDE?

Need another word that means the same as “elide”? Find 21 synonyms for “elide” in this overview.

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 outBreed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.
cutFunction 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 withAdminister or bestow, as in small portions.
dropLet or cause to fall in drops.
The cow dropped her calf this morning.
eliminateEliminate from the body.
The acid portion of one molecule reacts with the basic portion of the other and water is eliminated.
eraseRemove all traces of; destroy or obliterate.
Please erase the formula on the blackboard it is wrong.
exceptTake exception to.
Five classes of advertisement are excepted from control.
excludePrevent from being included or considered or accepted.
The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages.
expungeRemove 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 includeProve insufficient.
fail to mentionFail to get a passing grade.
leave offAct or be so as to become in a specified state.
leave outAct or be so as to become in a specified state.
missFail to attend, participate in, or watch.
There is something missing in my jewelry box.
miss outFail to reach or get to.
pass overPass over across or through.
rub outCause friction.
shut outPrevent from entering shut out.
strike outDrive something violently into a location.
take outRequire (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.
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