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έλλειψη — meaning in English

elleipsi

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English meaning

  • dearth noun A serious shortage or scarcity of something.
  • ellipsis noun A row of three dots (…) used in writing to show that words have been left out of a quotation, or that a thought trails away unfinished.
  • lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
  • paucity noun A shortage of something, or a supply that is far smaller than is needed.
  • scarcity noun A shortage; the state of not having enough of something.

Senses

έλλειψη is used for these senses in English:

  • dearth (transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.
  • ellipsis (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
  • ellipsis (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
  • lack A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
  • paucity A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
  • scarcity (uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.

ellipsis — full definition

  1. noun A row of three dots (…) used in writing to show that words have been left out of a quotation, or that a thought trails away unfinished.
  2. noun The leaving out of words from a sentence when the meaning is still clear without them.

Related Greek words