omit
Americanverb (used with object)
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to leave out; fail to include or mention.
to omit a name from a list.
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to forbear or fail to do, make, use, send, etc..
to omit a greeting.
verb
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to neglect to do or include
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to fail (to do something)
Other Word Forms
- omissible adjective
- omitter noun
- preomit verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of omit
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English omitten, from Latin omittere “to let go,” equivalent to o- prefix meaning “to, toward, over, etc.” ( o2- ) + mittere “to send“
Example Sentences
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I found myself wondering how things would have been had I omitted this information.
From Los Angeles Times
Westinghouse estimates an “overnight cost” of roughly $10 billion per reactor—a sum that omits financing charges and assumes the plants could theoretically be built overnight.
These were omitted from the wording of the legacy agreement struck by the British and Irish governments in September, but announced separately by London.
From BBC
"The third year they just omitted me completely, I didn't know it was happening," she said.
From BBC
Johann Fischer's 1852 treatise on lizard neuroanatomy included part of the coil but omitted the remainder, and Fischer never described the curled structure.
From Science Daily
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