omit

/oʊˈmɪt/ v [T] (-tt-)

Definition

› to fail to include or do something: I’d be upset if my name were omitted from the list of contributors. omission

/oʊˈmɪʃ·ən/ n [C/U] › [U] Parents are upset by the omission of music from the school’s courses.

(Definition of omit v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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