Graham Hough's apparently objective assertion that 'Ozymandias' is 'extremely clear and direct', for example, elides the question of 'to whom?'.
Source: wiktionary
Elide
//ɪˈlaɪd//
Synonyms for "elide" (85 found)
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Translations
78 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- أَسْقَطَ verb (to leave out or omit)
- أَسْقَطَ verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
- حَذَفَ verb (to leave out or omit)
- حَذَفَ verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
Asturian
1 entries- omitir verb (to leave out or omit)
Bulgarian
1 entries- премълчавам verb (to leave out or omit)
Catalan
1 entries- ometre verb (to leave out or omit)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 省略 verb (to leave out or omit)
Czech
3 entries- ignorovat verb (to leave out or omit)
- opominout verb (to leave out or omit)
- vynechat verb (to leave out or omit)
Danish
1 entries- udelade verb (to leave out or omit)
Dutch
4 entries- elideren verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
- samenvoegen verb (to conflate)
- verbinden verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
- verbinden verb (to conflate)
Estonian
1 entries- kokku sulatama verb (to conflate)
Finnish
2 entries- jättää pois verb (to leave out or omit)
- yhdistää verb (to conflate)
French
4 entries- amalgamer verb (to conflate)
- confondre verb (to conflate)
- omettre verb (to leave out or omit)
- élider verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
Galician
1 entries- omitir verb (to leave out or omit)
Georgian
1 entries- გამოტოვება verb (to leave out or omit)
German
4 entries- auslassen verb (to leave out or omit)
- verbinden verb (to conflate)
- vereinigen verb (to conflate)
- verschmelzen verb (to conflate)
Greek
1 entries- παραλείπω verb (to leave out or omit)
Hungarian
1 entries- kihagy verb (to leave out or omit)
Italian
2 entries- elidere verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
- omettere verb (to leave out or omit)
Japanese
3 entries- 抜かす verb (to leave out or omit)
- 省略する verb (to leave out or omit)
- 融合する verb (to conflate)
Māori
4 entries- kape verb (to leave out or omit)
- tīpoka verb (to leave out or omit)
- whakamutu verb (to leave out or omit)
- whāmutu verb (to leave out or omit)
Norwegian
2 entries- hoppe over verb (to leave out or omit)
- unnta verb (to leave out or omit)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utelate verb (to leave out or omit)
Polish
4 entries- opuszczać verb (to leave out or omit)
- opuścić verb (to leave out or omit)
- pomijać verb (to leave out or omit)
- pominąć verb (to leave out or omit)
Portuguese
4 entries- amalgamar verb (to conflate)
- comer sense 5 verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
- omitir verb (to leave out or omit)
- unir verb (to conflate)
Romanian
3 entries- a lăsa la o parte verb (to leave out or omit)
- confunda verb (to conflate)
- omite verb (to leave out or omit)
Russian
4 entries- не включа́ть verb (to leave out or omit)
- не включи́ть verb (to leave out or omit)
- объединя́ть verb (to conflate)
- пропуска́ть verb (to leave out or omit)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- elidírati verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
- sjedíniti verb (to conflate)
- елиди́рати verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
- сједи́нити verb (to conflate)
Spanish
4 entries- amalgamar verb (to conflate)
- confundir verb (to conflate)
- dejar de lado verb (to leave out or omit)
- elidir verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
Swedish
2 entries- elidera verb (to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable)
- utelämna verb (to leave out or omit)
Turkish
3 entries- birleştirmek verb (to conflate)
- hariç bırakmak verb (to leave out or omit)
- ihmal etmek verb (to leave out or omit)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
As Ms Shafak summarises, “the state is privileged, all-powerful and yet paradoxically safeguarded as if it were a fragile entity in need of protection.” Between it and its citizens a gulf looms; conversely, officials elide its interests with their own.
Source: wiktionary
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