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Word: ellipsis (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • film The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
  • grammar The omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be inferred.
  • typography A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them ? . . . ?, nowadays a single character ??? (used in printing to indicate an omission).

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