omit
verb /əˈmɪt/
/əˈmɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they omit | /əˈmɪt/ /əˈmɪt/ |
| he / she / it omits | /əˈmɪts/ /əˈmɪts/ |
| past simple omitted | /əˈmɪtɪd/ /əˈmɪtɪd/ |
| past participle omitted | /əˈmɪtɪd/ /əˈmɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form omitting | /əˈmɪtɪŋ/ /əˈmɪtɪŋ/ |
- to not include something/somebody, either deliberately or because you have forgotten it/them synonym leave somebody/something out
- omit something/somebody If you are a student, you can omit questions 16–18.
- omit something/somebody from something People were surprised that Smith was omitted from the team.
Extra Examples- Some important details were deliberately omitted from the report.
- This fact had been conveniently omitted from his account of events.
- This scene is usually cut down or omitted altogether.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- from
- omit to do something to not do or fail to do something
- She omitted to mention that they were staying the night.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin omittere, from ob- ‘down’ + mittere ‘let go’.