syncopate 1
verbdomain: change
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
omit a sound or letter in a word
Examples
- 1.syncopate a word
Hypernym
shorten 1
verb
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
EnglishDerivationally related form
syncope 2
noun
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
syncopation 1
noun
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
