omit
[oh-mit]
- 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
1400–50; late Middle English omitten < Latin omittere to let go, equivalent to o- o-2 + mittere to send
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Examples from the Web for omitted
Contemporary Examples
Back in Detroit, Shelley called her mother to recount the fight, but she omitted any mention of group sex.
In announcing its 2014 “Priorities,” the SEC omitted any mention of corporate political transparency.
They say she omitted mention on her citizenship application of having served 10 years as a political prisoner in an Israeli jail.
Unfortunately, we omitted the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, as well as the SALT treaty and revenue sharing.
‘Our Nixon’ Producers Respond to Claims the Documentary Is ‘False’Penny Lane, Brian L. Frye
August 27, 2013
It turns out the original scholarship involved a crucial Excel coding error and omitted important data.
Historical Examples
Had Cornelius been sensitive, he must have felt he was omitted.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
When milk is used in a meal, what kinds of food may be omitted?
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
We trust that we have not omitted here the name of any officer present at Ridgeway.
RidgewayScian Dubh
She omitted nothing, but searched her memory as if it were for a confession.
The DreamEmile Zola
Pre-occupied with this notion, Russell was now omitted in all her combinations.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
omit
- to neglect to do or include
- to fail (to do something)
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin omittere, from ob- away + mittere to send
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Word Origin and History for omitted
omit
v.
early 15c., from Latin omittere "let go, let fall," figuratively "lay aside, disregard," from assimilated form of ob (here perhaps intensive) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Related: Omitted; omitting.
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