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Defenition of the word syncope

    • Defenition of the word syncope

      • The deletion of phonemes from a word, or from a phrase treated as a unit.
      • a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
      • the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
      • (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo''c''sle'' for `forecastle'')
      • (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

    Synonyms for the word syncope

      • faint
      • swoon
      • syncopation

    Hypernyms for the word syncope

      • articulation
      • loss of consciousness

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