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How to pronounce “ellipsis”
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Pronunciation guide for ellipsis
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ellipsis with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Second Digital Turn
We can notate parabolas, hyperboles, ellipsis, circles,
- Definition summary
- (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
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How to pronounce ellipsis
The Second Digital Turn
We can notate parabolas, hyperboles, ellipsis, circles,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “ellipsis”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
- (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
- (film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
- (obsolete, geometry) An ellipse.
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