omit — ozdic

Definitions

verb

1

To leave out or exclude.

2

To fail to perform.

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.

3

To delete or remove; to strike.

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).

4

To neglect or take no notice of.

Collocations

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1

(verb.)

ADV

altogether, completely, totally

accidentally, inadvertently

deliberately

conspicuously

controversially

The director controversially omitted several important scenes from the final cut of the film.

wrongly

PREP

from

The list omitted from the invitation caused confusion among the team members.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — leave undone or leave out

verb — prevent from being included or considered or accepted

Antonyms

include

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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

Wiktionary

02

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).

Wiktionary

03

Omit needless words!

Tatoeba · #16858

04

You can omit the last chapter of the book.

Tatoeba · #43944

05

You should omit this word from the sentence.

Tatoeba · #44125

06

You can omit the preposition in this phrase.

Tatoeba · #59608

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, omit is marked as rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.