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omit — omit … Dictionnaire des rimes
Omit — O*mit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Omitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Omitting}.] [L. omittere, omissum; ob (see {Ob } + mittere to cause to go, let go, send. See {Mission}.] 1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
omit — I verb abstain from inserting, bypass, cast aside, count out, cut out, delete, discard, dodge, drop, exclude, fail to do, fail to include, fail to insert, fail to mention, leave out, leave undone, let go, let pass, let slip, miss, neglect,… … Law dictionary
omit — (v.) early 15c., from L. omittere lay aside, disregard, let go, from assimilated form of ob (here perhaps intensive) + mittere let go, send (see MISSION (Cf. mission)). Related: Omitted; omitting … Etymology dictionary
omit — *neglect, disregard, ignore, overlook, slight, forget Analogous words: cancel, delete, efface, *erase: *exclude, eliminate Contrasted words: *remember, recollect, recall: *tend, attend, mind, watch … New Dictionary of Synonyms
omit — has inflected forms omitted, omitting … Modern English usage
omit — [v] exclude, forget bar, blink at*, bypass, cancel, cast aside, count out, cut, cut out, delete, discard, dismiss, disregard, drop, edit, eliminate, evade, except, fail, ignore, knock off, leave out, leave undone, let go, let slide*, miss, miss… … New thesaurus
omit — ► VERB (omitted, omitting) 1) leave out or exclude. 2) fail to do. DERIVATIVES omissible adjective. ORIGIN Latin omittere let go … English terms dictionary
omit — [ō mit′] vt. omitted, omitting [ME omitten < L omittere < ob (see OB ) + mittere, to send: see MISSION] 1. to fail to include; leave out 2. to fail to do; neglect 3. Obs. a) to take no not … English World dictionary
omit — 01. We generally [omit] salt if it is in a recipe for something we are making because it s usually not really necessary. 02. The newspaper [omitted] a lot of stuff from my letter when they published it. 03. Too many historical documents relating… … Grammatical examples in English
omit — o|mit [əuˈmıt, ə US ou , ə ] v past tense and past participle omitted present participle omitting [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: omittere] 1.) to not include someone or something, either deliberately or because you forget to do it =… … Dictionary of contemporary English
