- 1to not include something or someone, either deliberately or because you have forgotten it/them synonym leave somebody/something out (of something) omit something/somebody If you are a student, you can omit questions 16–18. omit something/somebody from something People were surprised that Sam's name was omitted from the list of honorees.
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- 2omit to do something to not do or fail to do something She omitted to mention that they were staying the night.
omit
verbNAmE//oʊˈmɪt//, NAmE//əˈmɪt//
(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they omit he / she / it omits
past simple omitted
-ing form omitting
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