(elides, eliding, elided)
1.
If you elide something, especially a distinction, you leave it out or ignore it. (FORMAL)
These habits of thinking elide the difference between what is common and what is normal.
VERB: V n
2.
In linguistics, if you elide a word, you do not pronounce or write it fully. (TECHNICAL)
He complained about BBC announcers eliding their words.
= contract
VERB: V n