pretermission
pretermission noun: omission; failure to do something.
Noun
pretermission (countable and uncountable, plural pretermissions)
- Omission; failure to do something.
- [T]wentie Kings in a continu'd row, that either did nothing, or liv'd in Ages that wrote nothing, at leaſt a foul pretermiſſion in the Author of this, whether Story or Fable; himſeelf wearie, as ſeems, of his own tedious Tale.1670, John Milton, “The [First] Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 28
- Preterition; the act of passing over; paralipsis.
pretermission meaning in Tamil and Kannada
pretermission in Tamil
- இடையறவு
pretermission in Kannada
- ಅನುಲ್ಲೇಖ, ಅಪ್ರಸ್ತಾಪ, ಹೇಳದೆ ಬಿಡುವುದು, ಕಾರ್ಯ ಮಾಡದಿರುವುದು, ನೆರವೇರಿಸದಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಉಪೇಕ್ಷೆ
Forms of pretermission
| plural | pretermissions |
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Origin of pretermission
From Latin praetermissio. See pretermit.
Questions about pretermission
- What does pretermission mean?
- Pretermission means omission; failure to do something.
- What is pretermission in Tamil?
- Pretermission in Tamil is இடையறவு. See Pretermission meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pretermission?
- Pretermission is a noun.
- What is the plural of pretermission?
- The plural of pretermission is pretermissions.
Words near pretermission in the dictionary
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