omit

See also: omît

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɵˈmɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Verb

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

Synonyms

• (leave out or exclude): leave off, miss out; see also Thesaurus:omit
• (fail to perform):
• (take no notice of): disregard, ignore, pass, turn a blind eye

Related terms

• omission
• mission
• elide

Translations

to leave out or exclude

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

  Mandarin: 省略 (zh) (shěnglüè)

• Czech: vynechat
• Danish: udelade
• Dutch: weglaten (nl)
• Finnish: jättää pois
• French: omettre (fr)
• Galician: omitir (gl)
• Georgian: გამოტოვება (gamoṭoveba)
• German: weglassen (de), auslassen (de)
• Greek: παραλείπω (el) (paraleípo)
• Hungarian: kihagy (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: omettere (it)
• Japanese: 省略する (ja) (しょうりゃくする, shōryaku suru), 抜かす (ぬかす, nukasu)
• Maori: whakamutu, whāmutu, kape, tīpoka
• Norwegian: unnta, hoppe over
• Occitan: ometre
• Polish: pominąć (pl), pomijać (pl), opuszczać (pl), opuścić (pl)
• Portuguese: omitir (pt)
• Romanian: omite (ro), a lăsa la o parte
• Russian: пропуска́ть (ru) impf (propuskátʹ), пропусти́ть (ru) pf (propustítʹ), не включа́ть (ru) impf (ne vključátʹ), не включи́ть (ru) pf (ne vključítʹ)
• Spanish: omitir (es), dejar de lado, dejarse en el tintero (es)
• Swedish: utelämna (sv)
• Turkish: hariç bırakmak, ihmal etmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: пропускати (propuskaty), не включати (ne vključaty)
• Vietnamese: lược (vi), lược bỏ

to fail to perform

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: olla tekemättä, jättää tekemättä
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: omite (ro), neglija (ro)
• Russian: пренебрега́ть (ru) impf (prenebregátʹ), пренебре́чь (ru) pf (prenebréčʹ), упуска́ть (ru) impf (upuskátʹ), упусти́ть (ru) pf (upustítʹ)
• Ukrainian: нехтувати (nextuvaty)

to neglect or take no notice of

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遗漏 (zh) (yí lòu)

• Dutch: verwaarlozen (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: ohittaa (fi), jättää huomiotta
• Russian: игнори́ровать (ru) n or impf (ignorírovatʹ), проигнори́ровать (ru) n or pf (proignorírovatʹ)

Anagrams

• Mito, mito

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Finnish

Verb

omit

1. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present indicative of omia
2. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular past indicative of omia

Anagrams

• Timo, Tomi, moti, toim, toim., tomi

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French

Verb

omit

1. third-person singular past historic of omettre