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English Dictionary: omit by the DICT Development Group
2 results for omit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
omit
v
  1. prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
    Synonym(s): exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
    Antonym(s): include
  2. leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
    Synonym(s): neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
    Antonym(s): attend to, take to heart
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Omit \O*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Omitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Omitting}.] [L. omittere, omissum; ob (see {Ob-} + mittere
      to cause to go, let go, send. See {Mission}.]
      1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to
            drop.
  
                     These personal comparisons I omit.      --Bacon.
  
      2. To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use
            of; to leave undone; to neglect.
  
                     Her father omitted nothing in her education that
                     might make her the most accomplished woman of her
                     age.                                                   --Addison.
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