A mark of series of marks(...) used in writing or printing to indicate an ommission, especially of letters or words. It can also indicate continuing thought.
The “...” suffix added to a menu item or button label to indicate that the command requires additional information from the user in order to be performed. When a user chooses the command, a dialog box is usually displayed for user input of this additional information.
A set of three dots, periods, or dashes in a row. They are used between two sentences or phrases to indicate that a word or phrase has been omitted. They are also used when bits or quips of information have been taken from a long quotation, or when wanting to signify a trailing off in thought or to leave it to the reader's imagination to complete. See also DASH DOT LEADER LEADER PERIOD PUNCTUATION
Three or four periods indicating omission or break "..."
Three spaced periods that indicate material omitted from a quotation.
Three dots that are a single character, not three periods. Will not break on a return. Option; on a Mac.
A unit of three small dots that signifies a trailing off in thought or portions of a quote that have been omitted.
The omission from a syntactic structure of a word or words whose meaning is recoverable from the semantics of the sentence (e.g.,"The boy ate some cake, but the girl didn't in which "eat some cake" is understood).
Three dots (...) used to indicate that something has been omitted.
The omission of a word, or part of a sentence, as being understood by the reader.
Three dots after a menu command indicating that, when clicked, the command will lead to a dialog box with options for executing the command.
In narrative, the omission of certain scenes or portions of the action.
Three periods (...) used to indicate the omission of words.
omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
an abridging, shortening, or omitting by leaving out words that are understood to be in the sentence
a series of three periods in a row
a series of three periods separated by spaces
a set of words to be added by the reader to better understand what seems to be an incomplete sentence or phrase
a special character that looks like three periods
The omission of a syntactic, morphological, or semantic structure which is recoverable from the rest of the discourse, text, or context. In the sentence The summers are sunny, and the winters rainy, the verb are is omitted from the second parallel clause, it is a result of contiguity of form.
three periods with a space before, after and between them ( . . . ) that indicate an omission in quoted material.
indication of an omission of words in a quote
A character consisting of three black dots in a row denoting more copy should follow but doesn't.
The character … is not three full stops in a row but a single character. Indicates the omission from a sentence of one or more words that would be needed to complete the sense or construction or which occur in the original; or the omission of a sentence at the end of a paragraph.
An ellipsis consists of three dots (…) like this… An ellipsis on the end of a command button or a menu option means that there is more to come when you click on it.
The omission of a word or words necessary to complete a grammatical construction, but which is easily understood by the reader, such as "the virtues I esteem" for "the virtues which I esteem." Also, the marks (. . .) or (--) denoting an omission or pause. Sidelight: Other terms involving omissions in grammatical construction include: asyndeton, which omits conjunctions; zeugma and syllepsis, which use one word to serve for two; and aposiopesis, which omits a word or phrase at the end of a clause or sentence for effect.
Three dots (separated by letterspaces) inserted in material to indicate a deletion.
An ellipsis (...) appears after commands on a Windows application's menu which indicates that more information will be required in a dialogue box in order for the command to be carried out.
(Gk. elleipein 'to fall short [of a perfect circle]'; ¬Ù²¤ªk): Omission, a leaving out of something, which is nevertheless still implied.
A symbol indicating that the pattern-continues in a sequence.
the ommission of words from a sentence
In a narrative film, the shortening of plot duration achieved by omitting intervals of story duration.
Omission from a text of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction gramatically correct.
An indication that additional information is available. Additional information is accessed by clicking on the ellipsis button.
A punctuation character consisting of three dots, or periods, in a row. It indicates that a word or phrase has been omitted.
At the end of a menu item, indicates that an application needs additional user input to execute the item's command. An ellipsis indicates that the application will display a dialog box before the command is executed.
The three dots (...) following a menu item or button label to show that the command needs more information to be completed. After you choose a command with an ellipsis, a dialog box appears so you can type additional information or perform another command.
Three tiny dots that appear next to commands on pull-down menus. the ellipsis tells you that the program will ask you for more information (via a dialog box).
the series of three dots (periods) in a row that indicates a word or phrase has been omitted
Three dots enclosed in parentheses (...). Menu items followed by an ellipsis require a dialog box.
has two possible meanings: 1) In its oldest sense as a rhetorical device, ellipsis refers to the artful omission of a word implied by a previous clause. For instance, an author might write, " The American soldiers killed eight civilians, and the French eight." and (2) In its more modern sense, ellipsis refers to a punctuation mark indicated by three periods to indicate material missing from a quotation . . . like so. This mark is common in MLA format for indicating partial quotations.
the omission of words from a sentence
Omission of a word or phrase already implied by the context.
Three equally spaced periods, used to indicate omitted or missing material, especially in quoted text.
Omission from a sentence of words needed to complete its construction, but without a loss of sense.
n. A set of three dots (...) used to convey incompleteness. In many windowing applications, selection of a command that is followed by an ellipsis will produce a submenu or a dialog box. In programming and software manuals, an ellipsis in a syntax line indicates the repetition of certain elements. See also dialog box, syntax.
Ellipsis (plural: ellipses , Greek for "omission") in linguistics refers to any omitted part of speech that is understood; i.e. the omission is intentional. Analogously, in printing and writing, the term refers to the row of three dots (...) or asterisks (* * *) indicating such an intentional omission. This punctuation mark is also called a suspension point, points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot.
An ellipsis is a rhetorical figure of speech, the omission of a word or words required by strict grammatical rules but not by sense. The missing words are implied by the context. The aposiopesis is special form of rhetorical ellipsis.