omit (verb)

  • 11omit — /oʊˈmɪt / (say oh mit), /ə / (say uh ) verb (t) (omitted, omitting) 1. to leave out: to omit passages of a text. 2. to forbear or fail to do, make, use, send, etc.: to omit a greeting. {Middle English omitte(n), from Latin omittere let go,… …

  • 12omit — o|mit [ ou mıt ] verb transitive ** to fail to include someone or something, either deliberately or because you forget: Important details had been omitted from the article. omit to do something FORMAL to fail to do something that would have been… …

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  • 13omit — /əυ mɪt/ verb not to do something ● He omitted to tell the managing director that he had lost the documents. (NOTE: omitting–omitted) ♦ to omit a dividend US to pay no dividend in a certain year …

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  • 14omit — transitive verb (omitted; omitting) Etymology: Middle English omitten, from Latin omittere, from ob toward + mittere to let go, send more at ob Date: 15th century 1. to leave out or leave unmentioned < omits one important detail > 2. to leave&#8230; …

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  • 15omit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. neglect, skip, spare, overlook; delete, remove, reject; evade, except, exclude, miss, drop; pass, forget. Ant., add, include. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To fail to include] Syn. leave out, except,&#8230; …

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  • 16omit — [əʊˈmɪt] verb [T] to fail to include someone or something Important details had been omitted from the article.[/ex] …

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  • 17omissible — omit ► VERB (omitted, omitting) 1) leave out or exclude. 2) fail to do. DERIVATIVES omissible adjective. ORIGIN Latin omittere let go …

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  • 18cancel — [c]/ˈkænsəl / (say kansuhl) verb (cancelled or, US, canceled, cancelling or, US, canceling) –verb (t) 1. to decide not to proceed with (a previously arranged appointment, meeting, event, etc.). 2. to cross out (writing, etc.) by drawing a line or …

  • 19leave out — verb 1. prevent from being included or considered or accepted (Freq. 3) The bad results were excluded from the report Leave off the top piece • Syn: ↑exclude, ↑except, ↑leave off, ↑omit, ↑take out …

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  • 20leave off — verb 1. come to an end, stop or cease (Freq. 2) the road leaves off at the edge of the forest leave off where you started • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue • Verb Frames: Something is ing PP 2. prevent …

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