syncope -
A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.
syncope -
A missing sound from the interior of a word, for example by changing cannot to can't or the pronunciation of placenames in -cester e. g. Leicester as -ster.
syncope -
A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.
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syncope The deletion of phonemes from a word, or from a phrase treated as a unit.