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eliding

verb , present participle of elide

Synonyms and Antonyms of eliding

1 to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

some unnecessary verbiage will need to be elided, but otherwise the article is publishable

Synonyms of eliding

blue-penciling, canceling (or cancelling), crossing (out), deleing, deleting, editing (out), killing, scratching (out), striking (out), stroking (out), x-ing (out) (or x'ing (out))

Words Related to eliding

blotting out, effacing, eradicating, erasing, expunging, obliterating, rooting (out), rubbing out, wiping out

bleeping, blipping, clipping, cutting, excising, removing

bowdlerizing, censoring, cleaning (up), expurgating, laundering, redacting, red-penciling

abbreviating, cropping, shortening

blacking out, repressing, silencing, suppressing

Near Antonyms of eliding

2 to make less in extent or duration

the product presentation was not elided—it's always only 15 minutes long

Synonyms of eliding

abbreviating, abridging, curtailing, cutting back, docking, shortening, syncopating, truncating

Words Related to eliding

abstracting, digesting, encapsulating, epitomizing, recapitulating, summarizing, summing up

abating, compressing, constricting, contracting, cutting, cutting down, paring, pruning, trimming

decreasing, de-escalating, deflating, diminishing, downsizing, dwindling, lessening, lowering, moderating, modifying, reducing, retrenching, shrinking, slashing, subtracting (from), tapering

Near Antonyms of eliding

enlarging, expanding, supplementing

adding, aggrandizing, amplifying, augmenting, ballooning, boosting, dilating, escalating, heightening, increasing, maximizing, pumping up, raising

blowing up, distending, inflating, swelling

Antonyms of eliding

elongating, extending, lengthening, prolonging, protracting

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