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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But she omitted those words when she delivered the statement to the Senate committee, a change that was noted by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.
From Salon
She later confirmed under questioning that the omitted passage still reflected the intelligence community's assessment.
From Barron's
At the time, Wiles said Vanity Fair's story omitted "significant context" to create "an overwhelmingly chaotic and negative narrative" about the White House.
From BBC
The nonprofit Committee on Publication Ethics says “authorship problems or misconduct can include a ghost author, someone who is omitted or deleted from an author list despite qualifying for authorship.”
The core rate of inflation, which omits food and energy, rose by 0.4%.
From MarketWatch
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