omit

verb

ō-ˈmit 

ə-

omitted; omitting

transitive verb

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.

3

obsolete : disregard

4

obsolete : give up

Synonyms

• fail
• forget
• neglect

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

So every year, a few notable entertainers are omitted, which often causes an outcry on social media. —Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025

Riddle us this: Is an Oscar telecast a real Oscar telecast if there isn’t Sunday night quarterbacking over who was omitted from the annual In Memoriam segment? —Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 2 Mar. 2025

For all the names the Kuiper had to read, one that doesn’t appear in MVP ‘04 or ‘05 is Barry Bonds, who didn’t sign the MLBPA licensing agreement and was omitted from the game (Bonds did appear in MVP ‘03). —Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025

To Urquhart, omitting romance options allows NPCs to be more fully fleshed out within the story rather than be relegated to an object in the eyes of players. —Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English omitten, from Latin omittere, from ob- toward + mittere to let go, send — more at ob-

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for omit

• acquit
• admit
• amrit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite

Kids Definition

omit

verb

ō-ˈmit 

ə-

omitted; omitting

1

: to leave out

omitted your name from the list

2

: to fail to do : neglect

omitted to mention that it was my fault