ellipses
/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/
ɪˈlɪpsɪs
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
ɪ - ˈlɪpsɪs -> ellipses
Myanmar meaning
(n[pl]) ဘဲဥပုံများ။အဓိပ္ပါယ်မပျက်စေဘဲ ဝါကျတွင်း စကားလုံး မြှုပ်ချန်ခြင်းများ။
Full entry
ellipsis /Ç'lÇpsÇs/ n (pl ellipses /-si:z/) [C, U]
၁။ (grammar ) အဓိပ္ပာယ်မပျက်စေဘဲ ဝါကျတွင်း စကားလုံး မြှုပ်ချန်ခြင်း။
The sentence ‘He is dead and I alive’ contains an ellipsis, ie of the word ‘am’.
၂။ စာချန်ပြအမှတ်အသား။ (…)။
❏ elliptical /Ç'lÇptÇkl/ adj စကားလုံးမြှုပ်ချန်ထားသော။
an elliptical style of writing (ie one that implies more than is actually said). elliptically /-kli/ adv
Synonyms
abbreviation, contraction, short form, short way around, abridgment, adumbration, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogue, analogy, anaphora, anticlimax, antistrophe, antithesis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, bathos, communication that is not meant literally; stylist, comparison, compression, conceit, device, echoism, elision, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, ornament, oxymoron, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, proteron, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, synecdoche, trope, tropology, truncation, turn of phrase, understatement, way of speaking
Cross references
abbreviationcontractionshort formshort way aroundabridgmentadumbrationallegoryalliterationallusionanalogueanalogyanaphoraanticlimaxantistropheantithesisaposiopesisapostropheasyndetonbathoscommunication that is not meant literally; stylistcomparisoncompressionconceitdeviceechoismelisioneuphemismeuphuism
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