Thesaurus: syncope

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1. n. An word/elision">elision or word/retrenchment">retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every.
2. n. Same as Syncopation.
3. n. A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting.
4. n. A pause or cessation; suspension.
5. n. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
6. n. (word/phonology">phonology) the word/loss">loss of sounds from within a word (as in ‘fo'c'sle’ for ‘forecastle’)
7. 1. (word/gram">Gram.) An word/elision">elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every. 2. (Mus.) Same as Syncopation. 3. (Med.) A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting. 4. A pause or cessation; suspension. [R.] Revely, and dance, and show, Suffer a syncope and solemn pause. Cowper.
8. An word/elision">elision or word/retrenchment">retrenchment of one or more letters or syllablesfrom the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every.
9. n:100 n. (word/phonology">phonology) the word/loss">loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')