a·poc·o·pe

(ə-pŏk′ə-pē)

The loss of one or more sounds from the end of a word, as in Modern English sing from Middle English singen.

[Late Latin, from Greek apokopē, from apokoptein, to cut off : apo-, apo- + koptein, to cut.]

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apocope

(əˈpɒkəpɪ)

(Phonetics & Phonology) omission of the final sound or sounds of a word

[C16: via Late Latin from Greek apokopē, from apokoptein to cut off]

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a•poc•o•pe

(əˈpɒk əˌpi)

n.

the loss or omission of one or more letters or sounds at the end of a word.

[1585–95; < Late Latin < Greek apokopḗ, <apokóptein to cut off =apo- apo- + kóptein to cut]

apocope

excision or amputation.

See also: Surgery

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

apocope - abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"

abbreviation - a shortened form of a word or phrase

Translations

Apokope

apócope apócoque

apocope

[əˈpɒkəpɪ] N → apócope f

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More particularly, syllable forms the basis of many phonological processes such as prosthesis, syncope, apocope, degemination, epenthesis, and vowel shortening and lengthening; these alternations or processes, which depend on the syllable structure in a word, occur in order to avoid the surfacing of marked syllable structures.

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La esposa de Curibana lleva el nombre de Acuarima, que es una suerte de apocope de "Acuarimantima", titulo del poema en que el poeta de Santa Rosa se identifica, precisamente, como Main: "Yo soy Main, el heroe del poema" (Barba Jacob, 1983, p.

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* adozione dell'apostrofo in caso di elisione, di apocope, di aferesi e di aferesi ricorrente piu volte nel manoscritto oscillante con el, che 'l, e 'n;

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El constructo 'capacidad de absorcion' ACAP (por su apocope en ingles de Absorptive Capacity) fue originalmente definido con una habilidad basada en el conocimiento previo (Cohen & Levinthal, 1990) para reconocer el valor de nueva informacion, asimilarla y aplicarla para propositos comerciales.

An agent-based model to simulate absorption capacity in organizations/Un modelo basado en agentes para simular la capacidad de absorcion en organizaciones