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tr[ɪ'lɪpsɪs]1 elipsis nombre femenino1) : elipsis f2) : puntos mpl suspensivos (en la puntuación)n.• puntos suspensivos s.m.pl.n.• elipsis s.f.ɪ'lɪpsəs, ɪ'lɪpsɪsb) c ( in punctuation) puntos mpl suspensivos[ɪ'lɪpsɪs]N (pl ellipses) [ˌɪ'lɪpsiːz] (=omission) elipsis f inv ; (=dots) puntos mpl suspensivos* * *[ɪ'lɪpsəs, ɪ'lɪpsɪs]b) c ( in punctuation) puntos mpl suspensivos -
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punto sustantivo masculino 1 ( signo de puntuación) period (AmE), full stop (BrE); punto final period (AmE), full stop (BrE); puntos suspensivos ellipsis (tech), suspension points (pl) (AmE), dot, dot, dot; punto y aparte period (AmE) o (BrE) full stop, new paragraph; punto y coma semicolon; punto com (Com, Inf) dot.com; a punto fijo exactly, for certain; … y punto … and that's that, … period (AmE); See Also→ dos 2 el punto donde ocurrió el accidente the spot o place where the accident happened; punto cardinal cardinal point ; punto ciego blind spot; punto de apoyo ( de palanca) fulcrum; no hay ningún punto de apoyo para la escalera there is nowhere to lean the ladder; punto de vista ( perspectiva) viewpoint, point of view; ( opinión) views;◊ punto flaco/fuerte weak/strong point;punto muerto (Auto) neutral; ( en negociaciones) deadlock 3 ( grado) point, extent;◊ hasta cierto punto tiene razón she's right, up to a point;hasta tal punto que … so much so that … 4 (asunto, aspecto) point; los puntos a tratar en la reunión the matters o items on the agenda for the meeting 5 ( en locs) estábamos a punto de cenar we were about to have dinner; estuvo a punto de caerse he almost fell over; batir las claras a punto de nieve beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks; en su punto just right; en punto: a las 12 en punto at 12 o'clock sharp; son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock; llegaron en punto they arrived exactly on time 6 hacer punto (Esp) to knit; punto (de) cruz cross-stitch 7 ( unidad)a) Dep, Jueg) point;◊ punto para partido/set (Méx) match/set point(Fin) point
punto sustantivo masculino
1 point
punto de vista, point of view
punto flaco, weak point
punto muerto, (situación sin salida) deadlock, Auto neutral
2 (lugar) place, point: está perdido en algún punto de Marruecos, it's way out somewhere in Morocco
3 (pintado, dibujado) dot
línea de puntos, dotted line
4 (en una competición) point: le dieron tres puntos a Irlanda, Ireland scored three points
5 (en un examen) mark: la pregunta vale dos puntos, the question is worth two marks
6 Cost Med stitch: se le infectó un punto, one of the stitches became infected
7 (grado, medida) point: hasta cierto punto, to a certain extent
8 Ling full stop
dos puntos, colon
punto y aparte, full stop, new paragraph
punto y coma, semicolon
puntos suspensivos, dots Locuciones: hacer punto, to knit
a punto, ready
a punto de, on the point of
en punto, sharp, on the dot: a las seis en punto, at six o'clock sharp Culin en su punto, just right ' punto' also found in these entries: Spanish: álgida - álgido - aparte - borde - cadeneta - caer - caramelo - cardinal - cerca - cierta - cierto - coincidir - coma - concretar - culminante - cúspide - débil - desde - distanciarse - ebullición - Ecuador - este - extrema - extremo - flaca - flaco - fuerte - luminosa - luminoso - mareada - mareado - media - medio - muerta - muerto - nivel - novedosa - novedoso - para - puesta - referencia - regresar - relativamente - respetable - sazón - sesgar - talón - tanta - tanto - tomate English: about - angle - aspect - bankrupt - benchmark - blackhead - boiling point - cardigan - certain - chink - circle - climax - close - cluster - coast - conclude - contention - cottage industry - crop up - cross-stitch - crossroads - crunch - culmination - cut-off - deadlock - degree - dot - essential - extent - eye - failing - feature - focal point - follow through - foothold - forthcoming - freezing point - full stop - head - height - high - impasse - interface - item - just - knit - knitting - knitting needle - knitwear - labour
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ellipsis — 1. meaning. Ellipsis is the omission from a sentence of words which are normally needed to complete the grammatical construction or meaning. It occurs most often in everyday speech, in expressions such as Told you so (= I told you so) and Sounds… … Modern English usage
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ellipsis — el•lip•sis [[t]ɪˈlɪp sɪs[/t]] n. pl. ses ( sēz). 1) oce gram. gram. the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words understandable from the context that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of been… … From formal English to slang
ellipsis — noun (plural ellipses) Etymology: Latin, from Greek elleipsis ellipsis, ellipse, from elleipein to leave out, fall short, from en in + leipein to leave more at in, loan Date: 1540 1. a. the omission of one or more words that are obviously… … New Collegiate Dictionary