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omit.

To leave out or exclude.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/əʊˈmɪt/UK/əˈmɪt/UK/oʊˈmɪt/US/əˈmɪt/US
  1. To leave out or exclude.

    transitive
  2. To fail to perform.

    intransitive
  3. To delete or remove; to strike.

    transitive
  4. To neglect or take no notice of.

    rare · transitive
Where this word comes from

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”.

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