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I shall omit former particulars, and begin with informing the Reader, that, in 1792, I was strangely visited, by day and night, concerning what was coming upon the whole earth.
Joanna Southcott

Meaning of "omit" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OMIT

From Latin omittere, from ob- away + mittere to send.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OMIT

omit  [əʊˈmɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OMIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Omit is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb omit in English.

WHAT DOES OMIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Omission

Omission may refer to: ▪ Omission, a Catholic sin ▪ Omission ▪ Omission bias ▪ Purposeful omission, a literary method...

Definition of omit in the English dictionary

The definition of omit in the dictionary is to neglect to do or include. Other definition of omit is to fail.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OMIT

PRESENT

Present
I omit
you omit
he/she/it omits
we omit
you omit
they omit
Present continuous
I am omitting
you are omitting
he/she/it is omitting
we are omitting
you are omitting
they are omitting
Present perfect
I have omitted
you have omitted
he/she/it has omitted
we have omitted
you have omitted
they have omitted
Present perfect continuous
I have been omitting
you have been omitting
he/she/it has been omitting
we have been omitting
you have been omitting
they have been omitting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I omitted
you omitted
he/she/it omitted
we omitted
you omitted
they omitted
Past continuous
I was omitting
you were omitting
he/she/it was omitting
we were omitting
you were omitting
they were omitting
Past perfect
I had omitted
you had omitted
he/she/it had omitted
we had omitted
you had omitted
they had omitted
Past perfect continuous
I had been omitting
you had been omitting
he/she/it had been omitting
we had been omitting
you had been omitting
they had been omitting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will omit
you will omit
he/she/it will omit
we will omit
you will omit
they will omit
Future continuous
I will be omitting
you will be omitting
he/she/it will be omitting
we will be omitting
you will be omitting
they will be omitting
Future perfect
I will have omitted
you will have omitted
he/she/it will have omitted
we will have omitted
you will have omitted
they will have omitted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been omitting
you will have been omitting
he/she/it will have been omitting
we will have been omitting
you will have been omitting
they will have been omitting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would omit
you would omit
he/she/it would omit
we would omit
you would omit
they would omit
Conditional continuous
I would be omitting
you would be omitting
he/she/it would be omitting
we would be omitting
you would be omitting
they would be omitting
Conditional perfect
I would have omit
you would have omit
he/she/it would have omit
we would have omit
you would have omit
they would have omit
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been omitting
you would have been omitting
he/she/it would have been omitting
we would have been omitting
you would have been omitting
they would have been omitting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you omit
we let´s omit
you omit
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to omit
Past participle
omitted
Present Participle
omitting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OMIT


admit
ədˈmɪt
coadmit
ˌkəʊədˈmɪt
commit
kəˈmɪt
decommit
ˌdi:kəˈmɪt
demit
dɪˈmɪt
emit
ɪˈmɪt
intermit
ˌɪntəˈmɪt
intromit
ˌɪntrəˈmɪt
manumit
ˌmænjʊˈmɪt
overcommit
ˌəʊvəkəˈmɪt
permit
pəˈmɪt
pretermit
ˌpriːtəˈmɪt
readmit
ˌriːədˈmɪt
recommit
ˌriːkəˈmɪt
reemit
ˌriːɪˈmɪt
remit
rɪˈmɪt
resubmit
ˌriːsəbˈmɪt
retransmit
ˌriːtrænzˈmɪt
submit
səbˈmɪt
transmit
trænzˈmɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OMIT

omicron
omigod
ominous
ominously
ominousness
omissible
omission
omissive
omissiveness
omittance
omitted
omitter
omitting
omlah
OMM
ommateum
ommatidia
ommatidial
ommatidium

WORDS THAT END LIKE OMIT

age limit
building permit
credit limit
dammit
drink-drive limit
Earth Summit
entry permit
hermit
Izmit
limit
Peter the Hermit
semmit
smit
speed limit
summit
the limit
three-mile limit
time limit
vomit
work permit

Synonyms and antonyms of omit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OMIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «omit» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of omit

Translation of «omit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OMIT

Find out the translation of omit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of omit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «omit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

删节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

omitir
570 millions of speakers

English

omit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

न आना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حذف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опустить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

omitir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্জন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

omettre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Omit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weglassen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

省略する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

누락하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Omit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாட்டா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वगळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

atlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omettere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pominąć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

опустити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

omite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραλείπουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utelämna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utelate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of omit

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OMIT»

The term «omit» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.728 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OMIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «omit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «omit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about omit

EXAMPLES

5 QUOTES WITH «OMIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word omit.
1
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
2
William Jennings Bryan
The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.
3
Origen
We are obliged, therefore, to say that whoever speaks that which is foreign to religion is using many words, while he who speaks the words of truth, even should he go over the whole field and omit nothing, is always speaking the one word.
4
Joanna Southcott
I shall omit former particulars, and begin with informing the Reader, that, in 1792, I was strangely visited, by day and night, concerning what was coming upon the whole earth.
5
William Strunk, Jr.
Omit needless words.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OMIT»

Discover the use of omit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to omit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Principles of Protein X-ray Crystallography
In such cases it is useful to calculate an OMIT map, that is, an electron density map with the observed structure factor amplitudes (|F|) and with phase angles aK, calculated only for the part of the structure that is known correctly. This part should ...
Jan Drenth, 1999
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Omit Flowers
On a gloomy old California estate, the Cameron heirs confront greed, madness, and murder In the heyday of silent cinema, Cameron Heights was billed as the “California Wonder Town.” A sprawling development of lavish bungalows, its ...
Stuart Palmer, 2013
3
Design Discourse: History, Theory, Criticism
Dieter. Rams. Omit. the. Unimportant. Fig. 1) With its blend of order, neutrality, and mobility, this Braun hi-fi construction is the expression of Braun design philosophy. The operating components that are seldom used are set in the back of the ...
Victor Margolin, 1989
4
The Epistles of St. Paul to the Corinthians, After the ...
20, last line, omit rm'rrov. 22, for o-qpeiov, read (mpcic. 23, for "Ellrpm, read wreat29, for 0c0%, read ai'n'ofi. 7, transpose a'o¢iav 0:06. 13, after mvcfipa'ros, omit dyiov. 4, for aapxuzoi, read (Ivapmrol. 5, transpose Haiflws, and 'An'okMis.
Henry ALFORD (Dean of Canterbury.), John BARROW (D.D.), Charles John ELLICOTT (Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.), 1858
5
[Omit] : One - Lacuna Exiles [Thoughts Visions and ...
Zefiro is an artist and author of multiple identities, most of which are unrelated to one another in the public eye. "[Omit]" was a — term originally concieved for mystifying his audience, namely in images he displayed of himself. Now the term is of ...
Zefir o
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Pragmatism
70.28-29 , his ... monstrous] WJ/MH; omit I 72.10 consciousness] conscience I 74.29,33 Vivekananda] WJ/MH; Vivekanda I1 74.30 shores] land I2+ 74.35 is] is there I 75.36 will] shall I 86.7 afar off] omit I 86.8 long] a long I 86.28 adventure] ...
William James, 1975
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Responsibility and Fault
parents, managers of a children's home, baby-sitters, and so on who are charged with looking after the child can be said to omit to do so. “Omit” is both a normative and a pejorative term. An omission is not-doing-something, but not every ...
Tony Honoré, 1999
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FileMaker Pro 12: The Missing Manual
FInd TechnIQueS the Omit button that shows up in the Status toolbar when you're in Find mode, which tells FileMaker to omit all the records that match your find request. The Records→Omit Record command omitsjust the single record you're  ...
Susan Prosser, Stuart Gripman, 2012
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FileMaker Pro 8 Bible
Before you can delete the duplicate records, you need to omit the originals from the found set by using the Omit Record or Omit Multiple commands. (Omitting records merely hides them from view, removing them from the found set. The records ...
Dennis R. Cohen, Steven A. Schwartz, 2006
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BMDP Statistical Software: 1981
Two statements, OMIT and DELETE, can be used to simplify case selections when the sequence numbers of cases not being analyzed are known. OMIT = list of case numbers. has the same effect as setting USE = 0 for each case in the list.
Wilfrid Joseph Dixon, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OMIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term omit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Crossword solutions: Saturday, July 25
... 2 Intoxicating, 3 Kirk, 4 Sequel, 5 Riesling, 6 Covetousness, 7 Stud, 11 Wad, 12 Prudence, 14 Sow, 15 Economy, 16 Beirut, 17 Wick, 19 Omit. «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
2
How Dr. Seuss' Editor Helped Finish His Lost Book, 24 Years After …
Little cuts were made to omit needless syllables and help things flow. “If we can see a way to get the extra beats out and keep the message the ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Iowa lottery security specialist nailed for rigging draw
Prosecutors said he managed to rig the room's video recorder and security cameras to omit 59 seconds, during which he inserted a memory ... «OurWindsor.ca, Jul 15»
4
Sen. Tom Cotton: Changes To Citizenship Oath 'Undermines What It …
... the new guidance now allows for not only those with religious objections but also people with a strongly held beliefs to omit those portions. «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
5
'Munich' comparison to Iran deal: silly or appropriate?
To go to even more recent history, why would these scholars omit the fact that the Pentagon under President Reagan provided support to ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
6
Meet the Master of the Old-School Clicky-Clacky Keyboard
Major computer manufacturers no longer bundle mechanical keyboards with computers—it's cheaper to omit the switches. Membrane ... «Wired, Jul 15»
7
Why the feds should butt out of sex education
And that's also why I think the new federal education law should omit any mention of sex. Under the Senate version of the bill to reauthorize the ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
8
Deadliest Warrior: Battlegrounds Has an Identity Crisis
An odd, unneeded exclusion to omit the developer in a press release and on its store page. This is not to say Torn Banner isn't ashamed of ... «Twinfinite, Jul 15»
9
Side-By-Side Coverage of Cuba and Iran Highlights Shift in US …
... it would have been difficult for media outlets to altogether omit the comments of Bruno Rodríguez, Cuba's foreign minister, despite the fact ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
10
Euphonik: My relationship with Bonang was toxic
@marieclaire_sa @euphonik cancel or omit this campaign if u respect women. You cant include a women abuser and expect us to smile abt it. «Citizen, Jul 15»

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