omit

[oh-mit]

verb (used with object)

omitted, omitting 

1. to leave out; fail to include or mention.

   to omit a name from a list.

2. to forbear or fail to do, make, use, send, etc..

   to omit a greeting.

omit

/ əʊˈmɪsɪbəl, əʊˈmɪt /

verb

1. to neglect to do or include

2. to fail (to do something)

Other Word Forms

• omitter noun
• preomit verb (used with object)
• omissible adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of omit¹

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“

Word History and Origins

Origin of omit¹

C15: from Latin omittere, from ob- away + mittere to send

Example Sentences

The 34-year-old midfielder was omitted from the squad for matches against Kazakhstan and Canada earlier this month, having made only one substitute appearance in six months as he recovered from injury.

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And yet what these stories omit is as striking as what they highlight.

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Though Bass omitted the bit about six months being standard operating procedure, which would have at least offered some context.

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Opposition parties questioned why the commission was putting up scanned physical copies, rather than machine-readable lists of omitted voters, which could be independently verified by analysts and political parties.

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It omits the right of return for displaced Armenians to Artsakh, ignores the destruction of Armenians’ towns, homes and businesses, makes no commitment to preserve Artsakh’s cultural heritage and says nothing about prisoners of war.

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Related Words

• bypass 
• delete 
• discard 
• disregard 
• edit 
• eliminate 
• ignore 
• neglect 
• overlook 
• prohibit 
• skip 
• withhold