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omit
- /əʊˈmɪt/ UK
- /əˈmɪt/ UK
- /oʊˈmɪt/ US
- /əˈmɪt/ US
Rhymes with -ɪt
Where it comes from
At least by 1422, from late Middle English omitten, borrowed from Latin omittō (“to let go”), from ob- + mittō (“to send”), but also had the connotations “to fail to perform” and “to neglect”.
verb omits · omitting · omitted
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To leave out or exclude.
Similar: leave off
- To fail to perform. She climbed out of the car and carefully omitted to lock it. She never left anything of value in it, and she found that it was to her advantage if people didn’t have to break anything in order to find that out.
- To delete or remove; to strike. In the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, omit sections 146(4) and 147(3) (homosexual acts as grounds for dismissal from the crew of merchant ships).
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To neglect or take no notice of.
Similar: disregard, ignore, pass, turn a blind eye
Similar: miss out, except, exclude, leave out, miss off, omit, skip · Opposite: include
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: leave out, miss, exclude, leave off, neglect, except, take out, overleap, overlook, drop, elide, omission, avoid, fail, ignore, forget
Translations
Every language
verb to leave out or exclude
| Español | omitir, dejar de lado, dejarse en el tintero, hacer caso omiso de, preterir |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 생략하다 saengnyakhada, 제외하다 je'oehada |
| 日本語 | 省略する shōryaku suru, 抜かす nukasu |
| 中文 | 省略 shěnglüè |
| Português | omitir |
| Français | omettre |
| Deutsch | weglassen, auslassen |
| Italiano | omettere, tralasciare |
| Ελληνικά | παραλείπω paraleípo |
| Română | omite, lăsa la o parte |
| Русский | пропуска́ть propuskátʹ, пропусти́ть propustítʹ, не включа́ть ne vključátʹ, не включи́ть ne vključítʹ, упускать upuskatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | lược, lược bỏ |
verb to fail to perform
| Română | omite, neglija |
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| Русский | пренебрега́ть prenebregátʹ, пренебре́чь prenebréčʹ, упуска́ть upuskátʹ, упусти́ть upustítʹ |
verb to neglect or take no notice of
| 中文 | 遗漏 yí lòu |
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| Русский | игнори́ровать ignorírovatʹ, проигнори́ровать proignorírovatʹ |
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