omit
verb
\ Å-Ėmit
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omitted;
omitting
Definition of omit
1
: to leave out or leave unmentioned
omits one important detail You can omit the salt from the recipe.
2
: to leave undone : fail
—The patient omitted taking his medication.
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Examples of omit in a Sentence
Please don't omit any details.
you must not omit mentioning the sources you used in researching your paper
Recent Examples on the Web
Predictably omitted was anything related to the statement from the Skaggs family that implicated a team employeeās alleged involvement in Skaggsā death from an accidental drug overdose. — Tom Hoffarth, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Chris Mortensenās battle with cancer continues, as does his stellar career," 1 Sep. 2019 Host Nate DiMeo purposefully omits episode descriptions in the hopes that listeners will begin each story blind and give in to the memories that each individual subject evokes. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, "The Best History Podcasts to Listen to Right Now," 31 July 2019 Note: The audio has been edited to omit the voice of the father to protect the victim's identity and to exclude obscenities. — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, "Hear Brittany Zamora's husband's call to parents of the 13-year-old she molested," 11 July 2019 To elect to omit all such lists, submit a removal request in writing to: Baltimore Sun Insider, 300 E. Cromwell Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. — Denisa Protani, baltimoresun.com, "Alaska Airlines tickets for two," 14 June 2019 Photo: Nati Harnik/Associated Press Companies could strip out these accounting losses, to omit them from adjusted non-GAAP measures of their earnings. — Michael Rapoport, WSJ, "Stock Selloff Could Hit Berkshire Hathaway in More Ways Than One," 5 Jan. 2019 In the 2019 manifesto, that stakeholder phrase was omitted, a sign of things to come. — Jeffrey Gettleman And, BostonGlobe.com, "India faces criticism over its move to revoke Kashmiri autonomy," 6 Aug. 2019 The particular voting bloc that California omits by default from its presidential primary could be crucial this year. — Ben Christopher, The Mercury News, "A million independent voters risk being irrelevant in Californiaās presidential primary," 24 June 2019 Like Claudia, Heder, who asked that his last name be omitted for fear of retribution, grew up in the western highlands of Guatemala and couldnāt find a job. — Lauren Bohn, Marie Claire, "Who Killed Claudia Gomez?," 2 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'omit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for omit
omit
verb
English Language Learners Definition of omit
: to leave out (someone or something) : to not include (someone or something)
formal
: to fail to do (something)
See the full definition for omit in the English Language Learners Dictionary
omit
verb
\ Å-Ėmit
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omitted;
omitting
Kids Definition of omit
1
: to leave out : fail to include
Her name was omitted from the credits.
2
: to leave undone : neglect
ā¦ I got several things ā¦ which I omitted setting down ā¦— Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
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