omit

verb

ō-ˈmit How to pronounce omit (audio)
ə-
omitted; omitting
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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

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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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The bizarre thing is that even with a six-hour runtime, much of the novel material omitted from Visconti’s version is still entirely missing. — Anthony Paletta, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, Martha Stewart’s Carrot Cake omits the fruit, as does Alison Roman’s version. — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025 And among households that respond to the census, the question would likely lead to more instances of a participant omitting some people when reporting the residents of their address. — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025 Similarly, the variations in the Nativity stories—Matthew features Persian Magi, while Luke omits them in favor of local shepherds—are not merely discrepancies of partial memory. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 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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omit

verb
ō-ˈmit How to pronounce omit (audio)
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

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