Wondering how to use Elide in a sentence? Below are 4 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as exclude or except.
Elide meaning
- To leave out or omit (something).
- To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
- To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
Using Elide
- The main meaning on this page is: To leave out or omit (something). | To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable. | To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
- Useful related words include: exclude, except, leave out, leave off.
Context around Elide
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Elide
- In this selection, "elide" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vowels and condemned stand out and add context to how "elide" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include did not elide condemned citizens and kind of elide the painful. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "elide" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with elide
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hertzberg did not elide condemned citizens from his vision. (9 words)
Some Ancient Greek words that end in short vowels elide when the next word starts with a vowel. (18 words)
While her parents broker her marriage to Giulio, whose parents are appalled at the idea, Delia is sent to stay with Elide and Santa. (24 words)
And so I wanted to honor that by writing the book in a way that didn't hide from the painful moments, that didn't try to kind of elide the painful moments but also one that didn't kind of relish in the graphicness of some of these situations. (50 words)
While her parents broker her marriage to Giulio, whose parents are appalled at the idea, Delia is sent to stay with Elide and Santa. (24 words)
Some Ancient Greek words that end in short vowels elide when the next word starts with a vowel. (18 words)
Example sentences (4)
Hertzberg did not elide condemned citizens from his vision.
While her parents broker her marriage to Giulio, whose parents are appalled at the idea, Delia is sent to stay with Elide and Santa.
And so I wanted to honor that by writing the book in a way that didn't hide from the painful moments, that didn't try to kind of elide the painful moments but also one that didn't kind of relish in the graphicness of some of these situations.
Some Ancient Greek words that end in short vowels elide when the next word starts with a vowel.