elide
verb
uk/iˈlaɪd/us/iˈlaɪd/[IorT]
tojoindifferent things together as if they are the same; tobecomejoinedin this way:
For somepeople, "classy" and "classic" havebecomeelided.
Onecharacterelidesintoanother because they allspeakwith the sameinfuriatingvoice.
[T]
toignoreadifferencebetween things:
By eliding thedistinction, you are beingsloppyandweakeningyourargument.
Heattemptsto elide theboundariesbetweenpaintingandsculpture.
[T]phoneticsspecialized
to notpronounceaparticularsoundin a word:
省略(词的部分)发音The "t" of "acts" is often elided if someone isspeakingquickly.说话快的时候,人们常常省略“acts”中的“t”音。
Shedropsg's, elides r's and, ingeneral,soundsstreetwiseandtough.
- Notice howeasilyyou elide "ethnicity" and "culture"?
- Some of hisworsttendencieshave been elided inmediacoverage.
- Thekeynotesongchangestempo, elides into anothermelody, thenresurfacesagain and again.
- It istellingthat he elides thedifferencebetweenvideoandfilmimages.
- Shesoundsout the word "dangerous" that was elided into twosyllablesin theoriginalversionof thesong.
- In thisdialectthe u ismodifiedand thefinalvowelelided.
- Sometimes words may be elided intoformssuch as "kinda", "gonna", "tellem".
Connecting and combining
- abut
- additive
- adjoin
- affix
- agglutinate
- aggregation
- articulation
- desegregate
- desegregation
- dovetail
- eclectic
- eclectically
- hyphenate
- linkage
- lumpsomeone/somethingtogether
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- weaving
- yoke
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Neglecting and ignoring
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics