Crossword-Solution: ELLIPSIS 8 letters, 31 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

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Word Word Type Definition
Ellipsis n. Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words,
which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire,
for, the virtues which I admire.
Ellipsis n. An ellipse.

We have 31 clues for the answer “ELLIPSIS”

Clue Answers
Omission periods? 1 answer
omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences 1 answer
omission of letters or words in a sentence 1 answer
indication Omission 1 answer
Word omission, in grammar 1 answer
What the punctuation mark '...' is called 1 answer
Three points in a row, perhaps 1 answer
Three points in a row 1 answer
Three periods in a row, grammatically 1 answer
Three dots in text 1 answer
Three dots 1 answer
Symbol meaning "still typing" 1 answer
Sign that something was cut 1 answer
Periods of omission? 1 answer
Period, tripled 1 answer
Omission of words, in grammar. 1 answer
Omission of words 1 answer
Omission of a word from a sentence. 1 answer
Omission indication 1 answer
Mark to show words left out. 1 answer
Mark indicating omission 1 answer
Mark for omitted words. 1 answer
Literary periods? 1 answer
It indicates an omission from a quote 1 answer
It indicates an omission 1 answer
Three points 2 answers
Elision 3 answers
What '-->' is 4 answers
conciseness 5 answers
Cut Back 43 answers
Omission 63 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEERA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ELLIPSIS (5)

Philosophy teaches us that the atmosphere will not retain lead; and two pounds of the metal, moulded into bullets of thirty to the pound, after describing an ellipsis in their journey, returned to the earth rattling among the branches of the trees directly over the heads of the troops stationed in the rear of their captain.
The Pioneers James Fenimore Cooper 2000
The House of Orange had long used the elliptical device, "I will maintain." The ellipsis was now filled up with words of high import, "The liberties of England and the Protestant religion." The Prince had not been many hours on board when the wind became fair.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. Thomas Babington Macaulay 2000
Its form was nearly a perfect ellipsis; and the colour of the shell a dark green, full of little indents on its surface.
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench 2006
They use the ellipsis in speaking very freely; always omitting as many words as they possibly can, consistent with being understood.
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench 2006
Logic may possibly require that unity means something ascending in self-evident relation to the parts and to the whole, with no ellipsis in the ascent.
Essays Before a Sonata Charles Ives 2003

Quotes with ELLIPSIS (3)

The key to a successful relationship isn’t just in the words, it’s in the choice of punctuation. When you’re in love with someone, a well-placed question mark can be the difference between bliss and disaster, and a deeply respected period or a cleverly inserted ellipsis can prevent all kinds of exclamations.
David Levithan The Lover's Dictionary
I'm trying to decide what's worse. Someone being gone, but still out there, or someone being gone forever, dead. I think someone being gone, but still out there, might be worse. Then there’s always the chance, the hoping, the wondering if things might change. If maybe one day he’ll come back. There’s also the wondering about what his new life is like. The life without you. Is he happier? And if he is, you’re left being sad, wondering what it would be like if you were happy wi…
Samantha Schutz You Are Not Here
The clock ticks; the taunting rhythm serving as a reminder that forward is the only way we can go. The mechanical heartbeat of the darkness, a cold ellipsis, punctuating years gone by. Arising unchained. No glorious hymn, just the steady beat of the illusion of time. We heal or we carry forward the weight of our wounds... To believe otherwise is the mendacity of desperation. Arising honestly. The miles behind are littered with the weight of nostalgia, but too many miles lay a…
Shannon L. Alder
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 20 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).