omit

[ oh-mit ]

/ oʊˈmɪt /

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verb (used with object), o·mit·ted, o·mit·ting.

to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.

to forbear or fail to do, make, use, send, etc.: to omit a greeting.

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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.” (see o2-) + mittere “to send“

OTHER WORDS FROM omit

o·mit·ter, nounpre·o·mit, verb (used with object), pre·o·mit·ted, pre·o·mit·ting.

Words nearby omit

omigod, ominous, omissible, omission, omissive, omit, omitted, Omiya, OMM, ommateum, ommatidium

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How to use omit in a sentence

You can’t work here if you cannot lift a certain amount of weight, so I think she may have omitted information about her injury to get hired.
I can’t trust my new co-worker, and I have a list of reasons. How do I tell management?|Karla Miller|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
Every question includes a space for your name but please feel free to omit your name and type a subject line or the question’s topic.
Q&A: Ask The Post your coronavirus questions. From the vaccine rollout to variants.|Julie Zauzmer, Fenit Nirappil|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Current climate models tend to omit this thinning effect, she says.
Ship exhaust studies overestimate cooling from pollution-altered clouds|Carolyn Gramling|February 1, 2021|Science News
Other states’ vaccine plans indicate they will omit some people — smokers in some cases, or pregnant people, or people with only one co-morbidity.
All overweight D.C. residents will get priority for the coronavirus vaccine. Experts are skeptical.|Julie Zauzmer|January 21, 2021|Washington Post

The main benefit of this method, which will obviously involve a lot of precision maneuvering, is that it means SpaceX can save both cost and weight by omitting landing legs from the Super Heavy design altogether.
Elon Musk says SpaceX will attempt to recover Super Heavy rocket by catching it with launch tower|Darrell Etherington|December 30, 2020|TechCrunch
This came across in the Showtime Omit the Logic documentary—in which you were a commentator—and it comes across here.
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America|David Yaffe, Scott Saul|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sister Cristina's lyrics also omit such lines as, “Feels so good inside, when you hold me, and your heart beats, and you love me.”
What Does a Pop-Star Nun Sing? Madonna’s ‘Like A Virgin,’ Of Course|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Until fairly recently, Miller said that the Air Force used to allow its troops to omit the “so help me God” phrase.
U.S. Air Force: Swear to God—or Get Out|Dave Majumdar|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Israeli history book fail to mention the Palestinian Nakba; Palestinians omit the Holocaust.
Palestinian and Israeli Citizens Bypass Their Governments in Search for Peace|Evie M. Salomon|August 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He'd instead omit the flyers, stuff his pockets with as many brushes as they could hold, and sell them at the very first call.
My Eulogy for My Father, Murray Frum|David Frum|May 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It would not be fair to omit the name of the first mould-maker who made the tumbler-mould in question.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
But being observed, one evening, to omit it, a gentleman reminded him that he had forgotten to toast his favorite lady.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
But for I was so pleyne, Arcyte, In alle my werkes, much and lyte; and omit was in l. 266.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
The tobacconist whom he thus favored was his under-treasurer, Hardham, whom no writer about snuff should omit to notice.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
This line is too long; I omit ful wel devysed, which is not in the original.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for omit

omit

/ (əʊˈmɪt) /

verb omits, omitting or omitted (tr)

to neglect to do or include

to fail (to do something)

Derived forms of omit

omissible (əʊˈmɪsɪbəl), adjectiveomitter, noun

Word Origin for omit

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

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