omit

tr.v., o·mit·ted, o·mit·ting, o·mits.

1. To fail to include or mention; leave out: omit a word.
2. 1. To pass over; neglect.
   2. To desist or fail in doing; forbear.

[Middle English omitten, from Latin omittere : ob-, against, away; see ob- + mittere, to send.]

verb

1. To take or leave out: drop, eliminate, remove. See include/exclude.
2. To not do (something necessary): default, fail, neglect. See do/not do.

v

Definition: exclude, forget
Antonyms: add, enter, include, inject, insert, remember

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IN BRIEF: To leave out.

Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. — William Strunk (1869-1946), American English professor at Cornell, origional author of The Elements of Style.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udelade, springe over, undlade

Nederlands (Dutch)
weglaten, verzuimen, achterwege laten, laten wegvallen

Français (French)
v. tr. - omettre

Deutsch (German)
v. - versäumen, auslassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραλείπω, αμελώ, εξαιρώ

Italiano (Italian)
tralasciare, omettere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - omitir

Русский (Russian)
упустить, пропустить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - omitir, dejar de, faltar a, olvidar, suprimir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utelämna, utesluta, hoppa över, försumma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
省略, 遗漏, 疏忽

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 省略, 遺漏, 疏忽

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 생략하다, 게을리하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …し落とす, 怠る, 省略する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحذف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השמיט, פסח, זנח‬

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