omit

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted
  2. verb leave undone or leave out

Etymology

At least by 1422, from late Middle English omitten, borrowed from Latin omittō (“to let go”), from ob- + mittō (“to send”), but also had the connotations “to fail to perform” and “to neglect”.

In classic literature

Synonyms

exclude, except, leave out, leave off, take out

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