the mark (‘'’) used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
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omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘,’) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.an exclamatory rhetorical device; "exclamation such as ‘O tempore! O mores’"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a quad with a square body; "since ‘em quad’ is hard to distinguish from ‘en quad’, printers sometimes called it a ‘mutton quad’"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a quad with a square body; "since ‘em quad’ is hard to distinguish from ‘en quad’, printers sometimes called it a ‘mutton quad’"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.half the width of an em
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a dash that is one-half the length of an em dash.; "The en dash is commonly used to indicate a closed range of values — a range with c…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.an exclamatory rhetorical device; "exclamation such as ‘O tempore! O mores’"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; "full the cloth"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they…
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To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sente…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.
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