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omit

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o·mit  (-mt)
tr.v. o·mit·ted, o·mit·ting, o·mits
1. To fail to include or mention; leave out: omit a word.
2.
a. To pass over; neglect.
b. To desist or fail in doing; forbear.

[Middle English omitten, from Latin omittere : ob-, against, away; see ob- + mittere, to send.]

omit
Verb
[omitting, omitted]
1. to fail to include; leave out
2. to fail (to do something) [Latin omittere]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.omit - prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
elide - leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"
2.omit - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
forget - forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"
pass over, skip, skip over, jump - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

omit
verb 1. leave out, miss (out), drop, exclude, eliminate, skip, give (something) a miss (informal) << OPPOSITE include
verb 2. forget, fail, overlook, neglect, pass over, lose sight of, leave (something) undone, let (something) slide
Translations
Spanish omit [əuˈmɪt] vtomitir;
(by mistake) → olvidar, descuidar;
to omit to do sth → olvidarse or dejar de hacer algo

French omit [əuˈmɪt] vtomettre;
to omit to do sth → négliger de faire qch

German omit [əuˈmɪt] vt (deliberately) → unterlassen;
(by mistake) → auslassen
vi to omit to do sth → es unterlassen, etw zu tun

Italian omit [əuˈmɪt] vtomettere;
to omit to do sth → tralasciare or trascurare di fare qc

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It will be necessary to enlarge a little more upon the nature of each of these states, which is not without some difficulty, for he who would enter into a philosophical inquiry into the principles of them, and not content himself with a superficial view of their outward conduct, must pass over and omit nothing, but explain the true spirit of each of them.
and will you please add that I do not omit to remember her in my prayers?
He did not hesitate to omit the proofs of these, and so far to make himself not only a precept, but an example in criticism.
 
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