Standard Lemma guide

omit

verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /əʊˈmɪt/
  • UK: /əˈmɪt/
  • US: /oʊˈmɪt/
  • US: /əˈmɪt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: OW0 M IH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To leave out or exclude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To fail to perform.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To delete or remove; to strike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To neglect or take no notice of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

leave undone or leave out

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • How could I miss that typo?
  • The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neglect, pretermit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: forget, jump, pass over, skip, skip over

6

verb

Meaning 6

prevent from being included or considered or accepted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The bad results were excluded from the report
  • Leave off the top piece

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exclude, except, leave out, leave off, take out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with

Narrower terms: elide

History

Etymology

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”.

Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: omitir — to leave out or exclude
  • Bulgarian: пропускам (propuskam) — to leave out or exclude
  • Bulgarian: не включвам (ne vključvam) — to leave out or exclude
  • Catalan: ometre — to leave out or exclude
  • Chinese Mandarin: 省略 (shěnglüè) — to leave out or exclude
  • Czech: vynechat — to leave out or exclude
  • Danish: udelade — to leave out or exclude
  • Dutch: weglaten — to leave out or exclude
  • Esperanto: ellasi — to leave out or exclude
  • Esperanto: preterlasi — to leave out or exclude
  • Finnish: jättää pois — to leave out or exclude
  • French: omettre — to leave out or exclude
  • Galician: omitir — to leave out or exclude
  • Georgian: გამოტოვება (gamoṭoveba) — to leave out or exclude
  • German: weglassen — to leave out or exclude
  • German: auslassen — to leave out or exclude
  • Greek: παραλείπω (paraleípo) — to leave out or exclude
  • Ancient Greek: παραλείπω (paraleípō) — to leave out or exclude
  • Hungarian: kihagy — to leave out or exclude
  • Italian: omettere — to leave out or exclude
  • Italian: tralasciare — to leave out or exclude
  • Japanese: 省略する (shōryaku suru) — to leave out or exclude
  • Japanese: 抜かす (nukasu) — to leave out or exclude
  • Korean: 생략하다 (saengnyakhada) — to leave out or exclude
  • Korean: 제외하다 (je'oehada) — to leave out or exclude
  • Latin: omittō — to leave out or exclude
  • Latin: praetermittō — to leave out or exclude
  • Māori: whakamutu — to leave out or exclude
  • Māori: whāmutu — to leave out or exclude
  • Māori: kape — to leave out or exclude
  • Māori: tīpoka — to leave out or exclude
  • Marathi: वगळणे (vagaḷṇe) — to leave out or exclude
  • Norwegian: unnta — to leave out or exclude
  • Norwegian: hoppe over — to leave out or exclude
  • Occitan: ometre — to leave out or exclude
  • Polish: pomijać — to leave out or exclude
  • Polish: pominąć — to leave out or exclude
  • Polish: opuszczać — to leave out or exclude
  • Polish: opuścić — to leave out or exclude
  • Portuguese: omitir — to leave out or exclude
  • Romanian: omite — to leave out or exclude
  • Romanian: lăsa la o parte — to leave out or exclude
  • Russian: пропуска́ть (propuskátʹ) — to leave out or exclude
  • Russian: пропусти́ть (propustítʹ) — to leave out or exclude
  • Russian: не включа́ть (ne vključátʹ) — to leave out or exclude
  • Russian: не включи́ть (ne vključítʹ) — to leave out or exclude
  • Russian: упускать (upuskatʹ) — to leave out or exclude
  • Spanish: omitir — to leave out or exclude
  • Spanish: dejar de lado — to leave out or exclude
  • Spanish: dejarse en el tintero — to leave out or exclude
  • Spanish: hacer caso omiso de — to leave out or exclude
  • Spanish: preterir — to leave out or exclude
  • Swedish: utelämna — to leave out or exclude
  • Turkish: hariç bırakmak — to leave out or exclude
  • Turkish: ihmal etmek — to leave out or exclude
  • Ukrainian: упускати (upuskaty) — to leave out or exclude
  • Ukrainian: упустити (upustyty) — to leave out or exclude
  • Ukrainian: не включати (ne vključaty) — to leave out or exclude
  • Ukrainian: не включити (ne vključyty) — to leave out or exclude
  • Ukrainian: оминати (omynaty) — to leave out or exclude
  • Ukrainian: оминути (omynuty) — to leave out or exclude
  • Ukrainian: пропускати (propuskaty) — to leave out or exclude
  • Ukrainian: пропустити (propustyty) — to leave out or exclude
  • Vietnamese: lược — to leave out or exclude
  • Vietnamese: lược bỏ — to leave out or exclude
  • Dutch: nalaten — to fail to perform
  • Finnish: olla tekemättä — to fail to perform
  • Finnish: jättää tekemättä — to fail to perform
  • Polish: zaniedbywać — to fail to perform
  • Polish: zaniedbać — to fail to perform
  • Romanian: omite — to fail to perform
  • Romanian: neglija — to fail to perform
  • Russian: пренебрега́ть (prenebregátʹ) — to fail to perform
  • Russian: пренебре́чь (prenebréčʹ) — to fail to perform
  • Russian: упуска́ть (upuskátʹ) — to fail to perform
  • Russian: упусти́ть (upustítʹ) — to fail to perform
  • Ukrainian: нехтувати (nextuvaty) — to fail to perform
  • Bulgarian: пренебрегвам (prenebregvam) — to neglect or take no notice of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遗漏 (yí lòu) — to neglect or take no notice of
  • Dutch: verwaarlozen — to neglect or take no notice of
  • Finnish: ohittaa — to neglect or take no notice of
  • Finnish: jättää huomiotta — to neglect or take no notice of
  • Polish: ignorować — to neglect or take no notice of
  • Polish: zignorować — to neglect or take no notice of
  • Russian: игнори́ровать (ignorírovatʹ) — to neglect or take no notice of
  • Russian: проигнори́ровать (proignorírovatʹ) — to neglect or take no notice of