the connection of two phrases so that the cadence of one overlaps with the beginning of another.
Lat. "knocking out." The practice of omitting certain syllables during scansion. A final syllable ending in a vowel (or the letter -m) is normally elided before a word beginning with a vowel (or an h-).
Elision makes two syllables occupy a single metrical position. Normally elision happens "where there is an unstressed vowel before a consonant or where one syllable ends with a vowel and the next begins with one ('the other')" (Poetry in English 1166). See Example 20.
omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"
Omission or abbreviation: used particularly of the loss of sounds in fast speech or in historical development. In the pronunciation [de:so] of de eso, one of the [e] sounds is elided.
The omission of a letter or syllable as a means of contraction, generally to achieve a uniform metrical pattern, but sometimes to smooth the pronunciation; most such omissions are marked with an apostrophe. Specific types of elision include aphaeresis, apocope, syncope, synaeresis, and synaloepha, most of which can be found in Thomas Gray's " Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard." Sidelight: The opposite of elision is hiatus: the slight break in articulation caused by the occurrence of contiguous vowels, either within a word as "n ai ve" or in the final and beginning vowels of successive words, as "th e u mbrella."
The omission of a phoneme or morpheme through syncopation, apocopation or other phenomena is elision. Example:“nature†⇒ “natural†(vowel elision, , through change of emphasis because of the addition of an suffix)“he is†⇒ “he’s†(vowel elision, , through contraction)
The omission of a part of a spoken word -- to be more efficient, people sometimes say "IDANO" instead of "I do not know," or a person may say "N" instead of "AND" (as in "bread 'n' butter").
Overlapping -- as when the last note of one musical phrase is also the first note of the ensuing phrase. See also chimeric melody.
The suppression of a vowel or syllable for metrical purposes. E.g. 'The sedge has wither'd from the lake' from La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Keats. The elision, in this case, ensures that the line remains octosyllabic. Modern poets no longer use elision. See also synalepha.
Elision is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase, producing a result that is easier for the speaker to pronounce. Sometimes, sounds may be elided for euphonic effect.
In French, elision refers to the suppression of a final unstressed vowel (usually ) immediately before another word beginning with a vowel. The term also refers to the orthographic convention by which the deletion of a vowel is reflected in writing, and indicated with an apostrophe.
