omit

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Etymology

At least by 1422, from late Middle English omitten, borrowed from Latin omittō, from ob- + mittō ("to send"), but also had the connotations “to fail to perform” and “to neglect”.

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /əʊˈmɪt/, /əˈmɪt/
• (America) IPA: /oʊˈmɪt/, /əˈmɪt/

Verb

omit (third-person singular simple present omits, present participle omitting, simple past and past participle omitted)

1. (transitive) To leave out or exclude.
2. (intransitive) To fail to perform.
3. (transitive, law, of text) To delete or remove; to strike.
4. (transitive, rare) To neglect or take no notice of.

Synonyms

• (leave out or exclude) leave off, miss out; see also Thesaurus:omit
• (fail to perform)
• (take no notice of) disregard, ignore, pass, turn a blind eye

Related terms

• omission
• mission
• elide

Translations

• French: omettre
• German: weglassen, auslassen
• Italian: omettere, tralasciare
• Portuguese: omitir
• Russian: пропуска́ть
• Spanish: omitir, dejar de lado, dejarse en el tintero

Translations

• Russian: пренебрега́ть

Translations

• Russian: игнори́ровать

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