omit

Definitions

o- (a worn-down form of ob-, "away") + mit (send) = "to send away, set aside." To omit something is to send it out of the picture — leave it out of a list, a sentence, a plan. The matching noun is omission.

Common Collocations

• 1.omit details遗漏细节
• 2.omit mention没有提及

Example Sentences

• 1.

  He omitted several important details from his report.

• 2.

  You can omit the last paragraph if space is tight.

• 3.

  Her name was accidentally omitted from the list.