[syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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These personal comparisons I omit. --Bacon.
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2. To forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave
undone; to neglect; to pass over.
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Her father omitted nothing in her education that
might make her the most accomplished woman of her
age. --Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
omit
v 1: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The
bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the
top piece" [syn: exclude, except, leave out, leave
off, omit, take out] [ant: include]
2: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn:
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out,
overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart]