elision

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The deliberate omission of something.
2. noun The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.

   See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope

Similar words

omittance omission ellipsis skipping eclipsis underarticulation nonomission apocope antimeaning absentation

Often followed by

of in is and between or that with from

Word family

elisions