Elide vs Elite - What's the difference?
elide | elite |
To leave out or omit (something)
To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable
To merge or join; cleave
Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
* 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]
A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.
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Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
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As a verb elide
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English
Verb
(elid)- Graham Hough's apparently objective assertion that 'Ozymandias' is 'extremely clear and direct', for example, elides the question of 'to whom?' — Bennet and Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory
- 'As Ms Shafak summarises, “the state is privileged, all-powerful and yet paradoxically safeguarded as if it were a fragile entity in need of protection.” Between it and its citizens a gulf looms; conversely, officials elide its interests with their own.' Source: http://www.economist.com/news/international/21606872-how-and-why-lofty-ideologies-cohabit-rampant-corruption-because-were-worth-it
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(wikipedia elite)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage="Mujtahidd" has attracted almost 300,000 followers since the end of last year, when he began posting scandalous claims about the Saudi elite . In one tweet, Mujtahidd directly challenged Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd about his political history: "Did you resign or were you forced to resign from your post as head of the diwan [office] of the council of ministers?"}}
France's Culture Corps," Time , 7 Aug.,
- Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow?