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

There is a low likelihood of being able to data train generative AI at the get-go on the logic of humans because the data source of the Internet tends to omit the logic that might have been employed. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024

Still, this exhibition omits much of the political and social context that defined the movement and postwar Italy more broadly. —Wilson Tarbox, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024

For a few of the more vulgar selections, a few slight edits were made to omit a swear word or splice something out for timing. —Tim Latterner, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2024

Still, a coroner's report listed Greene's cause of death as a motor vehicle accident, a state police crash report omitted any mention of troopers using any force and 462 days passed before the state police even launched an internal investigation. —CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024

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

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