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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishomito‧mit /əʊˈmɪt, ə- $ oʊ-, ə-/ ●●○ verb (omitted, omitting) [transitive] 1 INCLUDEto not include someone or something, either deliberately or because you forget to do it SYN leave out Please don’t omit any details, no matter how trivial they may seem.omit something from something Lisa’s name had been omitted from the list of honor students.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say leave out rather than omit:Please don’t leave out any details, no matter how trivial they may seem.2 → omit to do something→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusomit• It would have been better if they had been omitted.• Please do not omit any details, however trivial they may seem.• No doubt that story contained many scientific theories which she had had to omit from her tale, being unable to comprehend them.• Quady's name had been omitted from the list of honor students.• I committed or omitted, however you want to put it - it's all the same thing.• In his presentation of the theorem, Kelvin omitted many details.• Disappointingly, the exhibition omits Rauschenberg's portrait and still-life photography, which is richly illustrated in the catalogue.• But the fact that Johann Heinrich Silbermann omitted the check in his action remains intriguing.• Companies do sometimes give incorrect details or omit them altogether on their company stationery.Origin omit (1400-1500) Latin omittere
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Verb table
omit
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, theyomit
he, she, itomits
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyomitted
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave omitted
he, she, ithas omitted
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad omitted
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill omit
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have omitted
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Continuous Form
Present
Iam omitting
he, she, itis omitting
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you, we, theyare omitting
Past
I, he, she, itwas omitting
you, we, theywere omitting
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave been omitting
he, she, ithas been omitting
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been omitting
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be omitting
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been omitting
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