Explore Omit through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like overlook or miss. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Omit meaning
- To leave out or exclude.
- To fail to perform.
- To delete or remove; to strike.
Synonyms of Omit
Using Omit
- The main meaning on this page is: To leave out or exclude. | To fail to perform. | To delete or remove; to strike.
- Useful related words include: leave out, overlook, miss, drop.
- In the example corpus, omit often appears in combinations such as: to omit, omit the, but omit.
Context around Omit
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Omit
- In this selection, "omit" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, conveniently, intentionally, typically, covering, badiashile and prescott stand out and add context to how "omit" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include algorithm can omit a lot and aspect and omit the food. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "omit" sits close to words such as adesina, adityanath and adoration, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with omit
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Their first hurdle was figuring out who to omit. (9 words)
They may include their best and most expensive items and omit the rest. (13 words)
They tell a good story, but omit how a donor can take action. (13 words)
The Blues embark on their latest European campaign next week but given the number of fixtures on the horizon, the club have chosen to omit last season’s star man as well as two players who are only just returning from long-term lay-offs. (45 words)
Potter was probably unwise wise to omit Badiashile from the squad, but the decision felt inevitable and was perhaps made above his head: more expensive and glamorous options were always likelier to get the nod. (35 words)
I wouldn’t have chosen to omit them, but I find that their absence enables me to focus very effectively on who is speaking, and what they are saying or boosting. (31 words)
Why not simply concentrate on the spiritual aspect and omit the food completely? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
De government conveniently omit from their numerical acrobatics the detail of the actual inflation rate, compounded.
He admitted CNN will omit covering things that don’t fit a particular narrative.
Its suggestion algorithm can omit a lot of content that users might be interested to see, and sometimes even searching for a title can prove difficult.
I wouldn’t have chosen to omit them, but I find that their absence enables me to focus very effectively on who is speaking, and what they are saying or boosting.
Omit the gin and brandy if you're going spirit-free, but toss in a dash of apricot juice to best approximate the flavor.
Potter was probably unwise wise to omit Badiashile from the squad, but the decision felt inevitable and was perhaps made above his head: more expensive and glamorous options were always likelier to get the nod.
The members of the Indiana Women’s Prison History Project are able to scrutinize official records not only for what they reveal but also for what they omit.
They may include their best and most expensive items and omit the rest.
They tell a good story, but omit how a donor can take action.
Though, it is equally difficult to believe that Belichick would intentionally omit Prescott to throw shade at an opponent.
Vegetarians typically omit meat, poultry and fish, though dairy and eggs are eaten.
We will include people who don’t want to be on the list, and we’ll omit some who would definitely like to be included.
Why not simply concentrate on the spiritual aspect and omit the food completely?
You can also do a fun, show-y flambe moment with rum or whisky — or just omit that whole part and forego singed eyebrows.
In English grammar, it is significant to note that it is not considered grammatically correct to omit the pronoun “I” and start a phrase with “am”.
Now that they’re keeping him for at least another year, they need to be careful to omit anything that would suggest they possibly didn’t want him.
Some of the products we tested include hydrogen peroxide, while others omit this ingredient, which is preferable if you suffer from sensitivity.
The Blues embark on their latest European campaign next week but given the number of fixtures on the horizon, the club have chosen to omit last season’s star man as well as two players who are only just returning from long-term lay-offs.
The disadvantages are familiar, too: injuries to key players, positions where there are a lack of alternatives, club managers who omit English footballers and build around foreign talent.
Their first hurdle was figuring out who to omit.
Common combinations with omit
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to omit 40×
- omit the 33×
- but omit 7×
- or omit 6×
- omit it 6×
- omit from 4×
- omit this 4×
- omit some 3×
- generally omit 3×
- omit any 3×