o ‧ mit /əʊˈmɪt, ə- $ oʊ-, ə-/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle omitted , present participle omitting ) [transitive]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: omittere ]
1 . to not include someone or something, either deliberately or because you forget to do it SYN leave out :
Please don’t omit any details, no matter how trivial they may seem.
omit something from something
Lisa’s name had been omitted from the list of honor students.
REGISTER
In everyday English, people usually say leave out rather than omit :
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Please don't leave out any details, no matter how trivial they may seem.
2 . omit to do something formal to not do something, either because you forgot or because you deliberately didn't do it
omit to mention/say/tell etc
Oliver omitted to mention that he was married.
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THESAURUS
▪ exclude formal to deliberately not include someone or something, especially in a way that seems wrong or unfair:
The new law protects most workers, but excludes those on part-time contracts.
▪ omit formal to not include something, especially a piece of information, either deliberately or because you forget:
Sara’s name had been omitted from the list of employees.
▪ leave out to not include someone or something, either deliberately or accidentally. Leave out is more common in everyday English than exclude or omit :
Fans were shocked that Giggs had been left out of the team.
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You must have left out one of the numbers.
▪ miss out British English to not include someone or something that should be included, often by mistake:
You missed out several important facts.
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They’ve missed out the last letter of his name.
▪ drop to decide not to include someone or something – used especially about not including someone in a team:
He was dropped from the team because of injury.
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The company decided to drop the word ‘healthy’ from its advertising.
▪ be exempt(ed) from something formal used when saying that a rule, law, agreement etc does not affect someone or something:
People with bad eyesight were exempt from military service.
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High technology equipment would be exempted from any trade agreement.