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Noun Concept
Categories: Syntactic relationships, Formal semantics (natural language), Generative syntax, Syntax, Grammar
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ellipsis  eclipsis  deletion  ellipse  Elliptical clause
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Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences WordNet 3.0
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grammar
figure of speech
rhetoric
linguistics
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Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In linguistics, ellipsis or an elliptical construction is the omission from a clause of one or more words that are nevertheless understood in the context of the remaining elements. Wikipedia
A rhetorical suppression of words to give an expression more liveliness Wikipedia Disambiguation
The omission from a clause of words otherwise syntactically required by remaining elements Wikipedia Disambiguation
Concept in linguistics Wikidata
An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase. Wiktionary
The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context. Wiktionary
Omission of word or phrase. Wiktionary (translation)