omit

Meanings

• Verb

  To leave out or exclude; make an omission.

  - "He omited to mention her name in his speech."
  - "She accidentally omitted a key ingredient in the recipe."

• Verb

  To permit (someone) to be absent or exempt (from something)

  - "The teacher omit students from the test who were absent."
  - "The company omit its employees from the health insurance plan."

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Pronunciation

1. /oʊˈmɪt/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

leave off , miss out , disregard , ignore , pass , turn a blind eye

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with omit
commit , quit , mitigate , oblige

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. hymn
   

2. hom
   

3. hymnology
   

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Variants

List of all variants of omit that leads to same result
omit , omits , omitted , omitting

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Forms

Different forms of the word (e.g., verb conjugations, plural forms, comparative/superlative forms for adjectives).

omitted, omitting

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English omittan, from om- ‘out’ + mitan ‘send back’.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'omit' appears in the title of a short story by Edgar Allan Poe called 'The Oval Portrait'.

2. In music, the term 'omit' is sometimes used to indicate a missing note or rest in a musical score.

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Related Concepts

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1. Editing: The process of reviewing and revising content to improve its quality and clarity.

2. Censorship: The suppression or prohibition of information or ideas that are considered objectionable or harmful.

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Culture

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In literature, the word 'omit' is often used in the context of writing and editing, where authors and editors must decide what to include and what to leave out in order to create a compelling narrative.

How to Memorize "omit"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person crossing out or erasing information from a document to understand the concept of 'omit'.
   - Visualize a person standing aside or stepping back from a situation to omit themselves from it.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'omit' with the idea of leaving something out or excluding it.
   - Think of the word 'include' as the opposite of 'omit'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'OMIT' to remember the meaning of the word: 'O' for 'Out', 'M' for 'Make', 'I' for 'an', and 'T' for 'it'.

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