omit

verb

ō-ˈmit 

ə-

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

—usually used with to + a verb

They omitted to tell us the directions.

3

obsolete : disregard

4

obsolete : give up

Synonyms of omit

• forget
• fail

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, Kyiv, in Kempf’s telling, has been consumed by maximalist aspirations and began negotiating only in 2024, a timeline that notably omits the 2022 talks in Turkey. —Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 9 June 2026

What those posts often omitted was that the apparent discrepancy resulted from how the data were displayed. —Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2026

Haiti is rich and beautiful, yet the media omits this part of the country. —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 4 June 2026

Neither Goalhanger nor Netflix has revealed any names yet but The Athletic understands that Harry Maguire, controversially omitted from England’s World Cup squad, will be busy this summer, after all. —Matt Slater, New York Times, 4 June 2026

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

Rhymes for omit

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit

Kids Definition

omit

verb

ō-ˈmit 

ə-

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