adjective
- omitted or left out, especially sounds or syllables in speech or writing
Usage: linguistics; grammar
Examples
- The elided vowel made the word easier to pronounce quickly.
- In casual speech, many syllables are elided for efficiency.
- The poet used elided consonants to maintain the meter.
- Elided letters are often marked with an apostrophe.
- The elided sounds created a smoother flow in the sentence.
- Regional dialects frequently contain elided pronunciations.