omit — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To leave out or exclude.

   Usage

   • Transitive

2. To fail to perform.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   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.

   Usage

   • Transitive
   • of text

   Examples

   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.

   Usage

   • Rare
   • Transitive

Verb

1. prevent from being included or considered or accepted

   Synonyms

   excludeexceptleave outleave offtake out

   Broader terms

   extinguisheliminateget rid ofdo away with

   Examples

   The bad results were excluded from the report

   Leave off the top piece

2. leave undone or leave out

   Synonyms

   neglectpretermitdropmissleave outoverlookoverleap

   Broader terms

   actmove

   Examples

   How could I miss that typo?

   The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten