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A Writer's Dictionary:

ellipses Definition


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ellipsis
noun ellipses
    1. grammar.
      A figure of speech in which a word or words needed for the sense or grammar are omitted but understood.
    2. In text: a set of three dots (...) that indicate the omission of a word or words, eg in a lengthy quotation.
Etymology: 16c: Latin, from Greek elleipein to fall short.



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