[ɪˈlʌɪd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking
(e.g: English speakers often elide the vowel completely)

- join together; merge
(e.g: whole periods of time are elided into a few seconds of screen time)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘annul’, chiefly as a Scots legal term): from Latin elidere ‘crush out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + laedere ‘to dash’