έλλειψη — meaning in English
elleipsi
Greek → English · translate English → Greek instead
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
- 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.
- noun The leaving out of words from a sentence when the meaning is still clear without them.