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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

process, physical process go
a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

human process go
a process in which human beings are involved

linguistic process go
a process involved in human language

omission, deletion
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

noun.process

4 Subcategories

apheresis, aphaeresis go
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
aphesis go
the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
elision go
omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
ellipsis, eclipsis go
omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences