omni-
Americancombining form
Usage
What does omni- mean? Omni- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “all.” It is often used in scientific and technical terms.Omni- comes from Latin omnis, meaning “all.” The Greek translation of omnis is pâs “all, each, every,” which is the source of the combining forms pan- and panto-, as in panorama and pantomime. To learn more, check out our Words That Use articles for the combining forms pan-, pant-, and panto-.
Etymology
Origin of omni-
< Latin, combining form of omnis
Example Sentences
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Clinging to products they bought years ago is “often a legacy habit that retirees are too comfortable to quit,” says Dawid Siuda, a finance expert at Omni Calculator.
From MarketWatch
The following December, a group of the company’s secured debtholders foreclosed on REV’s assets, putting them in a new entity called Omni Retail Enterprises.
“Skunks eat everything, you know. They’re omnivores. Omni, meaning everything, vore, meaning one who eats.”
From Literature
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A major engine of consumer success in the last year and a half was a version of ChatGPT dubbed GPT-4o, for “omni,” or the ability to function across text, audio and images.
The conference was taking place in New Haven’s Omni Hotel, a few blocks from the Yale campus where I first encountered urban history as an undergrad two decades ago.
From Slate
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