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- pronunciation:
- o
mIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
omits, omitting, omitted |
| definition: |
When you omit something, you don't include it. You take it out, or you don't put it in. If you omit the sugar when you make cookies, the cookies will not be sweet at all because you didn't put in any sugar. If you omit a sentence that you already wrote in your report, you take the sentence out. Maybe you decided you didn't want to say that.
My grandmother omitted the eggs when she made the pumpkin pie. She just forgot about them.The speech was too long, so Mr. Cannon decided to omit some of the middle part.- synonyms:
- exclude
- similar words:
- cross off, cross out, delete, drop, jump, skip
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| related words: |
eliminate, scratch |
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