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опуще́ние — meaning in English

opushcheniye

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English meaning

  • 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.

Senses

опуще́ние is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • ptosis (medicine) The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.

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.

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