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# omit

«omit» in Mova's school dictionary: **To leave something out, on purpose or by mistake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (omit, omits, omitted, omitting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To leave something out, on purpose or by mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omit/#m1)

2) (formal) To fail to do something: «He omitted to tell us.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, instructions say «omit units» or a teacher says you omitted a step in your working. In exams, «omit» means leave out. In maths, omitting a number changes the answer. Phrases: omit a word, omit a step.

### examples

- You omitted the full stop at the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omit/#x1)
- Omit the nuts if you are allergic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omit/#x2)
- She omitted one number when she added them up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omit/#x3)
- The recipe omits salt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omit/#x4)
- Don't omit any steps in your working. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omit/#x5)
- He omitted to mention that the dog bites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omit/#x6)
- In future I shall omit them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omit/#x7)

### note

Double t: omitted, omitting. Noun: omission. A formal word; in speech we usually say «leave out». Maths: if a list «omits» an item, do not count it; «omit the largest number» means take it away before working out.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «omit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.