omit

verb

omitted; omitting

transitive verb

1
: to leave out or leave unmentioned
omits one important detail
You can omit the salt from the recipe.
2
: to leave undone : fail
The patient omitted taking his medication.
3
obsolete : disregard
4
obsolete : give up

Examples of omit in a Sentence

Please don't omit any details. you must not omit mentioning the sources you used in researching your paper
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Many contracts fail because declarer omits a simple arithmetical process: counting the defenders’ hands. Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024 The county employee omitted a zero when transmitting to the state the unofficial vote total for Rebecca Bahar-Cook, a Democratic candidate for the MSU Board of Trustees. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024 Notably, all photos that show the scale of this necklace were omitted from the initial picture shared in Vance’s email. Chloe Iris Kennedy, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 And, the investigation found, the department has omitted pertinent facts about the deaths in communications to the families of the dead and to the public. Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for omit 

Word History

Etymology

Middle English omitten, from Latin omittere, from ob- toward + mittere to let go, send — more at ob-

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of omit was in the 15th century

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Cite this Entry

“Omit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omit. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

omit

verb
omitted; omitting
1
: to leave out
omitted your name from the list
2
: to fail to do : neglect
omitted to mention that it was my fault

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