elide

See also: Elide, élide, and élidé

English

Etymology

From Latin ēlīdō (“I strike out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlaɪd/
• Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

1. To leave out or omit (something).
   • 1995, Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory:

     Graham Hough's apparently objective assertion that 'Ozymandias' is 'extremely clear and direct', for example, elides the question of 'to whom?'.

2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
3. Conflate; smear together; blur the distinction between.
   • 2014 July 10, “Because we’re worth it”, in The Economist‎^[2]:

     As Ms Shafak summarises, “the state is privileged, all-powerful and yet paradoxically safeguarded as if it were a fragile entity in need of protection.” Between it and its citizens a gulf looms; conversely, officials elide its interests with their own.

Usage notes

The third sense, “conflate”, seems to be a recent development. It is not recognized by dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster and can be considered to be incorrect.

Related terms

• elision
• ellipsis
• elidable
• collide

Translations

to leave out or omit

• Arabic: أَسْقَطَ (ʔasqaṭa), حَذَفَ (ḥaḏafa)
• Asturian: omitir
• Catalan: ometre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 省略 (zh) (shěnglüè)

• Czech: vynechat
• Danish: udelade
• Dutch: weglaten (nl)
• Finnish: jättää pois
• French: omettre (fr)
• Galician: omitir (gl)
• Georgian: გამოტოვება (gamoṭoveba)
• German: weglassen (de), auslassen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: παραλείπω (el) (paraleípo)
• Hungarian: kihagy (hu)
• Italian: omettere (it)
• Japanese: 省略する (ja) (しょうりゃくする, shōryaku suru), 抜かす (ぬかす, nukasu)
• Maori: whakamutu, whāmutu, kape, tīpoka
• Norwegian: unnta, hoppe over
• Polish: pominąć (pl), pomijać (pl), opuszczać (pl), opuścić (pl)
• Portuguese: omitir (pt)
• Romanian: omite (ro), a lăsa la o parte
• Russian: пропуска́ть (ru) impf (propuskátʹ), пропусти́ть (ru) pf (propustítʹ), не включа́ть (ru) impf (ne vključátʹ), не включи́ть (ru) pf (ne vključítʹ)
• Spanish: omitir (es), dejar de lado
• Swedish: utelämna (sv)
• Turkish: hariç bırakmak, ihmal etmek (tr)

to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable

• Arabic: أَسْقَطَ (ʔasqaṭa), حَذَفَ (ḥaḏafa)
• Dutch: elideren, verbinden (nl)
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• French: élider (fr)
• Italian: elidere (it)

to conflate

• Dutch: samenvoegen (nl), verbinden (nl)
• Estonian: kokku sulatama
• Finnish: yhdistää (fi)
• French: amalgamer (fr), confondre (fr)
• German: verbinden (de), vereinigen (de), verschmelzen (de)
• Japanese: 融合する (ja) (yūgō suru)
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• Polish: połączyć (pl)
• Portuguese: unir (pt), amalgamar (pt)
• Russian: соединя́ть (ru) (sojedinjátʹ), объединя́ть (ru) (obʺjedinjátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: sjediniti (sh)
• Spanish: amalgamar (es), confundir (es), unir (es)
• Turkish: birleştirmek (tr)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “elide”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• edile, idele

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ide

Verb

elide

1. third-person singular present indicative of elidere

Anagrams

• edile

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ēlīde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēlīdō

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Spanish

Verb

elide

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of elidir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of elidir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of elidir.