Usually means: Omission of verb "to be".
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  1. zero copula: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. zero copula: Wiktionary
  3. zero copula: Dictionary.com
  4. Zero copula: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (zero copula)

noun:  (linguistics) The joining of the subject to the predicate without using a copula, as in "the more the merrier".

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