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
Recent Examples on the Web Save for a short explainer in the end credits revealing their future nuptials, Ritchie chose to omit any mention of a relationship between intelligence agent Marjorie Stewart and team leader Gus March-Phillipps. EW.com, 19 Apr. 2024 Born in Peru to Haitian parents, Macarena, whose last name the Monitor agreed to omit for privacy, sleeps on a couch next to her 2-year-old brother in a hotel room without a kitchen. Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2024 Whether or not Patel’s decision to omit Rama was intentional, Thrisha Mohan, operations and events manager for the group Hindus for Human Rights, found the deity’s absence striking for another reason: In recent years, Rama has been a key feature of Hindu nationalist rhetoric. Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024 In an email on Feb. 9, Rizzo informed Peck that Best Buy would submit a letter to the SEC that afternoon asking that the regulator not take any action against the company for omitting NCPPR’s proposal from shareholder materials. Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024 Her life is one more lyric open to interpretation: stressing some events, omitting others. Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024 The outlet reported that the letters request the brands promptly omit their use of the phrases. Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024 But therapists caution against omitting a family member because of their ballot-box preferences. Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024 This is perhaps the largest topic entirely omitted in the documentary. The Editors, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024

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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 27 Apr. 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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