omit

UK: /əʊˈmɪt/ US: /oʊˈmɪt/ ,(ō mit′)

Inflections of 'omit' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

omits

v 3rd person singular

omitting

v pres p

omitted

v past

omitted

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

o•mit /oʊˈmɪt/   v., o•mit•ted, o•mit•ting. 

1. to leave out;
   fail to include:
   [~ + object] omitted a few details from the report.
2. to fail (to do, make, use, send, etc):
   [~ + to + verb] He omitted to tell us his lawyer would be at the meeting.

See -mit-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

o•mit  (ō mit′), v.t., o•mit•ted, o•mit•ting. 

1. to leave out;
   fail to include or mention:
   to omit a name from a list.
2. to forbear or fail to do, make, use, send, etc.:
   to omit a greeting.

• Latin omittere to let go, equivalent. to o- o-² + mittere to send
• late Middle English omitten 1400–50

o•mit′ter, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

omit / əʊˈmɪt/ verb (omits, omitting, omitted)(transitive)

1. to neglect to do or include
2. to fail (to do something)

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin omittere, from ob- away + mittere to send

omissible / əʊˈmɪsɪb^əl/ adjective

oˈmitter noun