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pseudogapping

pseudogapping noun: a form of ellipsis that elides most but not all of a non-finite verb phrase.

Noun

pseudogapping (uncountable)

  1. A form of ellipsis that elides most but not all of a non-finite verb phrase.

Origin of pseudogapping

From pseudo- + gapping.

Questions about pseudogapping

What does pseudogapping mean?
Pseudogapping means a form of ellipsis that elides most but not all of a non-finite verb phrase.
What part of speech is pseudogapping?
Pseudogapping is a noun.

Words near pseudogapping in the dictionary

  1. pseudogamy
  2. pseudoganglia
  3. pseudoganglion
  4. pseudogap
  5. pseudogapped
  6. pseudogapping
  7. pseudogaps
  8. pseudogarypid
  9. pseudogarypids
  10. pseudogaseous
  11. pseudogel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudogapping (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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