ellipse
/ɪˈlɪps/ verb C2- To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated. · In B's response to A's question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: I'd love to), the words that are ellipsed are go out.
He/she/it ellipses · Past ellipsed · Past participle ellipsed · -ing form ellipsing
Verb forms
- Base form
- ellipse
- He/she/it
- ellipses
- Past
- ellipsed
- Past participle
- ellipsed
- -ing form
- ellipsing
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Well, by means of these lines, which are in accordance with the double motion of the earth, and the ellipse it describes round the sun, I am enabled to ascertain the precise hour with more minuteness than if I possessed a watch; for that might be broken or deranged in its movements, while the sun and earth never vary in their appointed paths.”
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