omit

See also omît

English

Etymology

(at least by 1422) Enters Late Middle English, from Latin omittere which means literally “to let go”, from ob- + mittere (“to send”), but also had the connotations to ‘fail to perform’ and ‘to neglect’.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To leave out or exclude.
2. (transitive) To fail to perform.
3. (transitive, rare) To neglect or take no notice of.

Translations

to leave out or exclude

• Asturian: omitir (ast)
• Catalan: ometre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 省略 (cmn) (shěnglüè)

• Czech: vynechat (cs)
• Dutch: weglaten (nl)
• Finnish: ‎jättää pois
• French: omettre (fr)
• Galician: omitir (gl)

• German: weglassen (de), auslassen (de)
• Italian: omettere (it)
• Japanese: 省略する (ja) (しょうりゃくする, shōryaku suru), 抜かす (ja) (ぬかす, nukasu)
• Norwegian: unnta (no), hoppe over (no)
• Polish: pominąć (pl), pomijać (pl), opuszczać (pl), opuścić (pl)
• Portuguese: omitir (pt)
• Romanian: omite (ro), a lăsa la o parte (ro)
• Russian: пропускать (ru) (propuskátʹ)  impf., пропустить (ru) (propustítʹ)  pf., не включать (ru) (ne vključátʹ)  impf., не включить (ru) (ne vključítʹ)  pf.
• Spanish: omitir (es), dejar de lado
• Turkish: hariç bırakmak (tr), ihmal etmek (tr)

to fail to perform

• Romanian: omite (ro), neglija (ro)

• Russian: пренебрегать (ru) (prenebregátʹ)  impf., пренебречь (ru) (prenebréčʹ)  pf., упускать (ru) (upuskátʹ)  impf., упустить (ru) (upustítʹ)  pf.

to neglect or take no notice of

• Dutch: verwaarlozen (nl)

• Russian: игнорировать (ru) (ignorírovatʹ) n  impf., проигнорировать (ru) (proignorírovatʹ) n  pf.

Anagrams

• Mito

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Finnish

Verb

omit

1. Second-person singular indicative present form of omia.
2. Second-person singular indicative past form of omia.

Anagrams

• Timo, toim, toim., Tomi

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French

Verb

omit

1. third-person singular past historic of omettre