omit
Americanverb (used with object)
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omits,
present (3rd person singular)
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omitted,
past participle, past
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omitting
present participle
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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
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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omitsimple
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omitssimple
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have omittedperfect
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has omittedperfect
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am omittingprogressive
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are omittingprogressive
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is omittingprogressive
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have been omittingperfect progressive
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has been omittingperfect progressive
Past
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omittedsimple
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had omittedperfect
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was omittingprogressive
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were omittingprogressive
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had been omittingperfect progressive
Future
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.” ( see o2-) + mittere “to send“
Explanation
If you omit one member of the class when you're handing out valentines, it's going to make that person feel terrible. To omit something is to leave it out, to forget or overlook it. The verb omit comes from the Latin word omittere, "to let go or to lay aside," which is exactly what it means. When you omit an ingredient you need for your brownie recipe from the grocery list, you've accidentally left off an important item. You can also deliberately omit something, which you'd do if you didn't include your least favorite cousin when you invited your relatives to a family reunion.
Vocabulary lists containing omit
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Example Sentences
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But to nominate everyone else from the series and omit Spaeny?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
DeWitt then marked up the conversations with feedback on prompt-phrasing, questions about what information they chose to omit versus include, and critiques about how they fact-checked the AI responses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Moscow has said it will omit military hardware from the procession for the first time in almost 20 years.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
You can even omit the pineapple juice and simply mix citrus juice with coconut cream.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026
I’d probably omit the rest of the details.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
If a wedding invitation omits the dress code, one golden rule remains: Don’t outshine the bride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
He lovingly omits most graphic footage, but commits to approaching his and Adrian’s shared story from a different viewpoint — a remake.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
The clearest evidence is in a separate measure of the CPI known as the core rate, which omits food and energy prices.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
In fact, the building's own website completely omits the discount grocer from its curated online neighbourhood guide, choosing instead to highlight pricier nearby options like Whole Foods and Brooklyn Fare.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
On the FBI’s public website, the account of the Doll Woman case still omits any mention of her, even though the need for secrecy is long past.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
In an interview with internal sheriff’s investigators, Barragan was “unable to explain” why the exculpatory documents were omitted, the memo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
It has stayed below 5% for a decade, if a brief interlude during the pandemic is omitted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
But the upgrade was ultimately omitted, causing flooding and water-related damage to the building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It would be tough on Bashir if he is omitted, but he was not required to bowl a ball at Lord's and Surrey often play home matches at The Oval without a specialist spinner.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
I omitted the new developments with Katz and Haskel, afraid of condemning myself.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Bloom says he has used a variety of approaches including accounting for distance, economic gravity, the size of the economy and selectively omitting potential outliers.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The last time sales were that weak was in 2014, omitting the COVID-19 pandemic era.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
According to the lawsuit and subsequent discovery, they doctored a 911 report, stating that the call was unfounded and that no suspect was identified, omitting Williams’ identity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
In fact, omitting just three exceptional years–1998, 2001, and 2002–reduces the annual performance “significantly,” he found.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
“I dare say,” replied Mrs. Weston, smiling, “that I thought so then;—but since we have parted, I can never remember Emma’s omitting to do any thing I wished.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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