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Definition of syncope noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

syncope

noun
 
/ˈsɪŋkəpi/
 
/ˈsɪŋkəpi/
 [uncountable] (phonetics)
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  1. the dropping of a sound or sounds in the middle of a word when it is spoken, for example the pronunciation of library as /laɪbri/ compare apocopeTopics Languagec2
    Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek sunkopē, from sun- ‘together’ + koptein ‘strike, cut off’.
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