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omit
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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əʊˈmɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/oʊˈmɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ō mit′)
- Inflections of 'omit' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
- omits
- v 3rd person singular
- omitting
- v pres p
- omitted
- v past
- omitted
- v past p
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026o•mit /oʊˈmɪt/USA pronunciation
v., o•mit•ted, o•mit•ting.
- to leave out;
fail to include:[~ + object]omitted a few details from the report.
- to fail (to do, make, use, send, etc):[~ + to + verb]He omitted to tell us his lawyer would be at the meeting.
See -mit-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026o•mit
(ō mit′),USA pronunciation v.t., o•mit•ted, o•mit•ting.
- to leave out;
fail to include or mention:to omit a name from a list.
- to forbear or fail to do, make, use, send, etc.:to omit a greeting.
- Latin omittere to let go, equivalent. to o- o-2 + mittere to send
- late Middle English omitten 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
omit /əʊˈmɪt/ vb (omits, omitting, omitted) (transitive)- to neglect to do or include
- to fail (to do something)
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin omittere, from ob- away + mittere to sendomissible /əʊˈmɪsɪbəl/ adj oˈmitter n
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