omit

CEFRC1

/əʊˈmɪt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To leave something out or fail to include it.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To delete or remove; to strike.

Examples

  • You can omit the last chapter of the book.

  • You should omit this word from the sentence.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /oʊˈmɪt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To fail to perform.

  2. To leave out or exclude.

  3. To neglect or take no notice of.

More examples

In context

  • In the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, omit sections 146(4) and 147(3) (homosexual acts as grounds for dismissal from the crew of merchant ships).

  • She climbed out of the car and carefully omitted to lock it. She never left anything of value in it, and she found that it was to her advantage if people didn’t have to break anything in order to find that out.

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Quick test

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Please do not blank any details when you write the report.

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Origin

verb

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