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sluic·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sluicingadjective

    pouring from or as if from a sluice

    "the sluicing rain"

Wiktionary

  1. sluicingnoun

    A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause, as in "I like him, but I don't know why".

Wikipedia

  1. Sluicing

    In syntax, sluicing is a type of ellipsis that occurs in both direct and indirect interrogative clauses. The ellipsis is introduced by a wh-expression, whereby in most cases, everything except the wh-expression is elided from the clause. Sluicing has been studied in detail in the early 21st century and it is therefore a relatively well-understood type of ellipsis. Sluicing occurs in many languages.

ChatGPT

  1. sluicing

    Sluicing is a grammatical structure phenomenon in syntax, particularly ellipsis, where everything in a complex sentence except a wh-question constituent is omitted, usually in an embedded, subordinate or non- matrix clause. It is often used to avoid repetition or to provide an abbreviated response in conversational discourse. It's also a gold mining method which involves washing soil and gravel with large quantities of water to separate the gold.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sluicing

    of Sluice

Wikidata

  1. Sluicing

    In syntax, sluicing is a type of ellipsis that occurs in both direct and indirect interrogative clauses. The ellipsis is introduced by a wh-expression, whereby in most cases, everything except the wh-expression is elided from the clause. Sluicing has been studied in detail in recent years and is therefore a relatively well understood type of ellipsis. Sluicing occurs in most languages.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sluicing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sluicing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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