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
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A week after Trump’s announcement, representatives from the Hollywood unions and major studios signed a letter endorsing the federal incentive but omitting any mention of a tariff. Lane Brown, Vulture, 3 June 2025 But, of course, the thing that Naftali Bennett omitted from his discussion with Zelensky was, first of all, Israel is not surrounded by enemies that are as powerful as Russia. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 May 2025 The prosecution ended their questioning of Welcher at about 10:30 a.m. Judge rules to omit Welcher's statement from testimony Judge Beverly Cannone ruled Wednesday morning against admitting into testimony Welcher's conclusion that Read hit O'Keefe with her vehicle. Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 May 2025 Following this logic, STAAR developers use practices like omitting easier questions and adjusting scores to cancel out gains due to better teaching. Jeanne Sinclair, The Conversation, 28 May 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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omit. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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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