Meanings
present singular third person elides · participle present eliding · participle past elided · past elided
- To leave out or omit (something).
Graham Hough's apparently objective assertion that 'Ozymandias' is 'extremely clear and direct', for example, elides the question of 'to whom?'.
1995, Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory - To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
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.
2014 July 10, “Because we’re worth it”, in The Economist
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Arabic أَسْقَطَ, حَذَفَ
- أَسْقَطَ (ʔasqaṭa)to leave out or omit
- حَذَفَ (ḥaḏafa)to leave out or omit
- أَسْقَطَ (ʔasqaṭa)to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
- حَذَفَ (ḥaḏafa)to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
Bulgarian премълчавам
- премълчавам (premălčavam)to leave out or omit
Catalan ometre
- ometreto leave out or omit
Chinese Mandarin 省略
- 省略 (shěnglüè)to leave out or omit
Czech vynechat, opominout
- vynechatto leave out or omit
- opominoutto leave out or omit
- ignorovatto leave out or omit
- vypustitto cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
- vynechatto cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
Danish udelade
- udeladeto leave out or omit
Dutch weglaten, elideren
- weglatento leave out or omit
- eliderento cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
- verbindento cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
- samenvoegento conflate
- verbindento conflate
Estonian kokku sulatama
- kokku sulatamato conflate
Finnish jättää pois, yhdistää
- jättää poisto leave out or omit
- yhdistääto conflate
French omettre, élider
- omettreto leave out or omit
- éliderto cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
- amalgamerto conflate
- confondreto conflate
German weglassen, auslassen
- weglassento leave out or omit
- auslassento leave out or omit
- verbindento conflate
- vereinigento conflate
- verschmelzento conflate
Greek παραλείπω
- παραλείπω (paraleípo)to leave out or omit
Hungarian kihagy
- kihagyto leave out or omit
Italian omettere, elidere
- omettereto leave out or omit
- elidereto cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
Japanese 省略する, 抜かす
- 省略する (shōryaku suru)to leave out or omit
- 抜かす (nukasu)to leave out or omit
- 融合する (yūgō suru)to conflate
Māori whakamutu, whāmutu
- whakamututo leave out or omit
- whāmututo leave out or omit
- kapeto leave out or omit
- tīpokato leave out or omit
Norwegian unnta, hoppe over
- unntato leave out or omit
- hoppe overto leave out or omit
Norwegian Bokmål utelate
- utelateto leave out or omit
Polish pominąć, pomijać
- pominąćto leave out or omit
- pomijaćto leave out or omit
- opuszczaćto leave out or omit
- opuścićto leave out or omit
- połączyćto conflate
Portuguese omitir, comer sense 5
- omitirto leave out or omit
- comer sense 5to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
- unirto conflate
- amalgamarto conflate
Romanian omite, a lăsa la o parte
- omiteto leave out or omit
- a lăsa la o parteto leave out or omit
- confundato conflate
Russian пропуска́ть, пропусти́ть
- пропуска́ть (propuskátʹ)to leave out or omit
- пропусти́ть (propustítʹ)to leave out or omit
- не включа́ть (ne vključátʹ)to leave out or omit
- не включи́ть (ne vključítʹ)to leave out or omit
- соединя́ть (sojedinjátʹ)to conflate
- объединя́ть (obʺjedinjátʹ)to conflate
Spanish elidir
- elidirto cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
Swedish utelämna, elidera
- utelämnato leave out or omit
- eliderato cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
Turkish hariç bırakmak, ihmal etmek
- hariç bırakmakto leave out or omit
- ihmal etmekto leave out or omit
- birleştirmekto conflate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with elide
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Cite this entry
elide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elide
“elide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elide. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elide.
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