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omit

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //oʊˈmɪt// UK //əʊmˈɪt// omit Archaic

v. to leave something out or not include it, either by mistake or on purpose.

v. to leave out or fail to include someone or something, whether by design or through oversight. Often used in formal or technical contexts to describe the exclusion of specific details or steps.


SIMPLE

Please do not omit any important details from your report.

CONTEXTUAL

The editor decided to omit the final chapter to keep the book under three hundred pages.

COMPLEX

When summarizing the legal proceedings, the clerk was careful not to omit any testimony that might influence the judge's final ruling.

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Origin

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”.

Usage

The verb is transitive and requires a direct object.

Pitfall

He omitted to mention about the meeting.He omitted to mention the meeting.When 'omit' is followed by an infinitive like 'to mention', the following object does not require a preposition like 'about'.

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