English
Etymology
LL., from Gr. ÏÏγκοÏη, from ÏÏνâ + κοÏÏειν âstrike, cut offâ.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'sɪÅkÉpi/
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Noun
en-noun
- A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.
#:*1973: the rapidly-whitening face, the miserable fixed smile, meant a syncope within the next few bars. â Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
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- A way of making a word shorter by leaving out sounds or letters in the middle of it, for example by changing cannot to can't.
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