to omit

Examples

• All

• The teacher told the students to omit any unnecessary details from their presentations.

• You also omitted some words and some incomplete sentences.

  The Thirst (2007)

• This is a step people often omit in doing these predictions.

• So in this case, we can omit certain treatments.

  Baumgartner Restoration

• Why did you omit the notion of property as one of those rights?

  Jefferson in Paris (1995)

• Yes, I think you may omit the details of the seduction.

  Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

• Of those, 11 were omitted from analysis because they did not substantially address the research questions.

  Academic text (2008)

• In addition, names were changed and identifying information was omitted to protect the privacy of members.

  Academic text (2008)

• Based on feedback, 10 items were omitted or modified, resulting in 40 revised items.

  Academic text (2011)

• Critical incident tasks are either unaddressed or omitted entirely in these policy records.

  Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

D

to drop

vsto omit

∞ 3.1

To leave out a sound or part of a word

is about not including rather than stopping an activity or role

T

to take out

vsto omit

948 1.9

To remove something from a place or container

focuses on not including rather than physical removal

E

to exclude

vsto omit

338 3.0

To keep someone or something out so they are not part of something

is similar but can also happen without deliberate exclusion

L

to leave out

vsto omit

312 2.3

To not include someone or something

is sometimes accidental or intentional rather than only deliberate

L

to leave off

vsto omit

12 4.4

Not include someone or something in a list

is broader, covering accidental as well as deliberate leaving out

P

to pretermit

vsto omit

• Archaic

9.9

To leave something out on purpose

is more neutral and can include accidental cases as well

D

to dislimn

vsto omit

• Archaic

9.9

To leave out details from a story or description

applies more generally, not only to descriptive details

Antonyms

I

to include

∞ 1.0

To make a person or thing part of something larger

A

to add

∞ 1.0

Include something extra to make something larger or better

How Included

to include

∞ 1.0

to skip

397 1.1

to omit

66 3.4

to exclude

338 3.0

to erase

144 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology