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Word "APOCOPE" Definitions:

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds
Examples:
the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope

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Omission of the final sound or sounds of a word, as when credibility becomes cred or child becomes chile (7)
Omission of the final sound of a word
In short, a policeman arrests writer — it's other way round
Omission of part of a word Newsday 09 Aug 2019
An abbreviated word form such as photo or telly The Times Specialist Sunday 08 Oct 2017
Loss of a word's ending
Omission of a syllable
Omission of the last syllable of a word.
Deletion of last syllable.
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