Omit Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

omit

/oʊˈmɪt/

verb

omits;

omitted;

omitting

omit

/oʊˈmɪt/

verb

omits;

omitted;

omitting

Britannica Dictionary definition of OMIT

[+ object]

1

:

to leave out (someone or something)

:

to not include (someone or something)

• Please don't omit any details.

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— often + from

• They omitted your name from the list.
• You can omit the salt from the recipe.
• He has been omitted from the pool of candidates.

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2

formal

:

to fail to do (something)

— followed by to + verb

• I omitted [=(more commonly) _neglected_] to mention that it was my fault.
• They omitted to tell us the directions.

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