n.
Pronunciation: i- ' li-zh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin elision-, elisio, from Latin elidere
Date: 1581
1 a : the use of a speech form that lacks a final or initial sound which a variant speech form has (as 's instead of is in there's ) b : the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable in a verse to achieve a uniform metrical pattern
2 : the act or an instance of omitting something : OMISSION