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o·mit    Audio Help   [oh-mit] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), o·mit·ted, o·mit·ting.
1.to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
2.to forbear or fail to do, make, use, send, etc.: to omit a greeting.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME omitten < L omittere to let go, equiv. to o- o-2 + mittere to send]

o·mit·ter, noun
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o·mit    Audio Help   (ō-mĭt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   o·mit·ted, o·mit·ting, o·mits
  1. To fail to include or mention; leave out: omit a word.
    1. To pass over; neglect.
    2. To desist or fail in doing; forbear.


[Middle English omitten, from Latin omittere : ob-, against, away; see ob- + mittere, to send.]

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omit 
1432, from L. omittere "lay aside, disregard, let go," from ob (here perhaps intensive) + mittere "let go, send."

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verb
1. prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" [syn: exclude] [ant: include
2. leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn: neglect] [ant: attend to

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omit1 [əˈmit] verbpast tense, past participle oˈmitted
to leave out
Example: You can omit the last chapter of the book.
Arabic: يَحْذِف
Chinese (Simplified): 省略
Chinese (Traditional): 省略
Czech: vypustit, vynechat
Danish: udelade
Dutch: weglaten
Estonian: välja jätma
Finnish: jättää pois
French: omettre
German: weglassen
Greek: παραλείπω, παρακάμπτω
Hungarian: kihagy
Icelandic: sleppa (úr)
Indonesian: meninggalkan, menghilangkan
Italian: omettere
Japanese: 省く
Korean: 빠뜨리다
Latvian: izlaist
Lithuanian: praleisti, neįtraukti
Norwegian: utelate
Polish: pominąć, opuścić
Portuguese (Brazil): omitir
Portuguese (Portugal): omitir
Romanian: a omite
Russian: пропускать;не включать
Slovak: vynechať
Slovenian: izpustiti
Spanish: omitir, suprimir
Swedish: utelämna, hoppa över
Turkish: çıkarmak, atlamak
omit2 [əˈmit] verb
not to do
Example: I omitted to tell him about the meeting.
Arabic: يُغْفِل، لا يَفْعَل
Chinese (Simplified): 忘记
Chinese (Traditional): 忘記
Czech: opominout
Danish: undlade
Dutch: nalaten
Estonian: jätma … -mata
Finnish: jättää tekemättä
French: omettre, *négliger de
German: unterlassen
Greek: αμελώ, παραλείπω να κάνω κτ.
Hungarian: elmulaszt
Icelandic: láta ógert, sleppa
Indonesian: tidak melakukan
Italian: omettere, tralasciare
Japanese: しそこなう
Korean: 잊다, 게을리하다
Latvian: izlaist, atstāt nedarītu
Lithuanian: pražiūrėti
Norwegian: unnlate
Polish: przeoczyć
Portuguese (Brazil): deixar de
Portuguese (Portugal): deixar de
Romanian: a uita (să)
Russian: упустить; не сделать
Slovak: zabudnúť
Slovenian: pozabiti
Spanish: omitir, dejar de, pasar por alto
Swedish: underlåta, försumma
Turkish: yapmamak
See also: omission

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Omit

O*mis"sion\, n. [L. omissio: cf. F. omission. See Omit.]

1. The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

The most natural division of all offenses is into those of omission and those of commission. --Addison.

2. That which is omitted or is left undone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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