transitive verb
omit′ted, omit′ting- to fail to include; leave out
- to fail to do; neglect
- Obs.
- to take no notice of
- to let go
Origin of omit
Middle English omitten from Classical Latin omittere from ob- (see ob-) + mittere, to send: see mission
verb
To omit is to leave something out or to fail to do something.
An example of to omit is to tell your spouse about your trip but you fail to mention that you lost your wallet.
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transitive verb
o·mit·ted, o·mit·ting, o·mits- To fail to include or mention; leave out: omitted an important detail from the report.
- a. To fail or neglect to do (something): omitted his daily walk during our visit.b. To fail or neglect (to do something): I omitted to mention that I don't eat meat.
Origin of omit
Middle English omitten from Latin omittere ob- against, away ; see ob- . mittere to sendTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present omits, present participle omitting, simple past and past participle omitted)
- To leave out or exclude.
- To fail to perform.
- (rare) To neglect or take no notice of.
Origin
(at least by 1422) Enters Late Middle English, from Latin omittere which means literally “to let go", from ob- + mittere (“to send"), but also had the connotations to "˜fail to perform' and "˜to neglect'.
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Sentence Examples
- It is simpler and more respectable to omit it.
- Containing the Apocalypse, 50 to 99 for those which omit it.
- When he spoke of the execution he wanted to pass over the horrible details, but Natasha insisted that he should not omit anything.
- 1 We designedly omit the use of the word " brass " to qualify these instruments.
- Contain or omit the "Malberg glosses."
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