See also: omît

English

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Etymology

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At least by 1422, from late Middle English omitten, borrowed from Latin omittō (to let go), from ob- + mittō (to send), but also had the connotations “to fail to perform” and “to neglect”.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /əʊˈmɪt/, /əˈmɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /oʊˈmɪt/, /əˈmɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Verb

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omit (third-person singular simple present omits, present participle omitting, simple past and past participle omitted)

  1. (transitive) To leave out or exclude.
  2. (intransitive) To fail to perform.
    • 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 136:
      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. (transitive, law, of text) To delete or remove; to strike.
  4. (transitive, rare) To neglect or take no notice of.

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Finnish

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Verb

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omit

  1. second-person singular present/past indicative of omia

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omit

  1. third-person singular past historic of omettre