omit
/oʊˈmɪt/ verb C1- To leave out or exclude.
- To fail to perform.
- To delete or remove; to strike.
He/she/it omits · Past omitted · Past participle omitted · -ing form omitting
Verb forms
- Base form
- omit
- He/she/it
- omits
- Past
- omitted
- Past participle
- omitted
- -ing form
- omitting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
Rance sat down on the horsehair sofa, and knitted his brows as though determined not to omit anything in his narrative.
Having once decided to speak, I will tell you all without omitting any particular.’
‘You have omitted the “and under.”’
It is not a subject on which I would willingly dwell, and yet I am conscious that a duty devolves upon me to omit no detail.
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