verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/əʊˈmɪt/
UK:/əˈmɪt/
US:/oʊˈmɪt/
US:/əˈmɪt/
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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
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