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| Main Entry: |
elide
 [ih-lahyd] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | omit |
| Synonyms: | cancel, delete, neglect, pass over, suppress |
| Main Entry: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail to do; forget |
| Synonyms: | be careless, be derelict, be irresponsible, be negligent, be remiss, bypass, defer, discard, dismiss, disregard, elide, evade, gloss over, let pass, let slide, look the other way, lose sight of, miss, not trouble oneself, omit, overleap, overlook, overpass, pass over, postpone, procrastinate, shirk, skimp, skip, suspend, think little of, trifle |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, complete, do, finish, succeed |
| Main Entry: | shorten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, decrease |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, blue pencil, bob, boil down, chop, clip, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut to the bone, dock, edit, elide, excerpt, lessen, lop, make a long story short, minimize, put in a nutshell, reduce, retrench, shrink, slash, snip, trim |
| Antonyms: | amplify, elongate, enlarge, grow, increase, lengthen |
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Example Sentences
- We were also careful to elide any recipes for developing a biological weapon.
- Chroniclers prefer to skate over it or, where possible, elide it altogether.
- Movies about revolution tend to spotlight the fighting and to elide the often grimier business of governing in its aftermath.
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