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Added 9 October 2026

omit

/əʊˈmɪt/ verb

In Latin: omittō, praetermittō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about omit at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
The bad results were excluded from the report
Leave undone or leave out.
How could I miss that typo?

Origin

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”.

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