How to use omit in a sentence
40 example sentences · verb
Omit means to leave out or exclude. Example: “His itemization of the inventory did seem accurate, however it omitted several crucial entries.”
Examples of omit by meaning
verbTo fail to perform.
- She climbed out of the car and carefully omitted to lock it.1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 136
verbTo delete or remove; to strike.
- In the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, omit sections 146(4) and 147(3) (homosexual acts as grounds for dismissal from the crew of merchant ships).2017, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017, section 1
More sentences with omit
- His itemization of the inventory did seem accurate, however it omitted several crucial entries.From the entry itemization
- Mom omits this trick, instead relying on an overnight rest to make a silkier batter.2015, Sasha Martin, “Overnight Crepes”, in Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness, Washington, D.C.: National…. From the entry palacsinta
- The shugoshin Sgo1 homodimer and inhibitor toxin microcystin peptide have been omitted for clarity.2015 May 13, Chey Loveday et al., “Mutations in the PP2A regulatory subunit B family genes PPP2R5B, PPP2R5C and PPP2R5D cause human…. From the entry shugoshin
- He reminded Cohen about "the desirability" of omitting his name "when discussing LSD with AAs".2012 August 23, Amelia Hill, “LSD could help alcoholics stop drinking, AA founder believed”, in The Guardian. From the entry aa
- For an excellent plain Aprium jam, you may omit the almonds.2010, Rachel Saunders, Sara Remington, The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook, page 140. From the entry aprium
- By contrast, Article IV omitted mention of self-help recaption or reclamation.2005, Akhil Reed Amar, America's Constitution: A Biography. From the entry recaption
- It is haram to cheat in order to omit a fard or commit a haram.2003, M. Sıddık Gümüş, Advice For The Muslim, page 258. From the entry haram
- Letters omitted by the lapicide or evident mistakes of the lapicide corrected by the editor.2003, Adam Łajtar et al., Catalogue of the Greek inscriptions in the Sudan National Museum at Khartoum. From the entry lapicide
- It is derived from a judgment which omits all unpleasant facts contradicting the preconceived dogma.1944, Ludwig von Mises, Omnipotent Government, page 265. From the entry Germany
- One thing I must not omit to mention—her passionate love of animals.1918, Dora Sigerson Shorter, The Sad Years. From the entry waifs and strays
- Without these the workstand is only a half-completed bit of thoughtfulness and had better be omitted altogether.1917, Harold Donaldson Eberlein, “The Well Appointed Guest Room”, in Henry W. Frohne, editor, Home Interiors, page 116. From the entry workstand
- Well, then, buy all the contraptions that are necessary, but don’t omit the plain gridirons and frying-pans.”1904, Carolyn Wells, “Shopping”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 63. From the entry frying-pan
- I will sometimes omit the features that need to agree on the arcs, just to keep the diagrams simpler.2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry implicitly
- It also omits significant points that had previously been negotiated."2022 December 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: Strikes go on as RMT rejects RDG's "detrimental" offer”, in RAIL, number 972, page 8. From the entry string
- Dry vermouth adds a hint of herbal backbone, but you can omit it if you don't have it on hand.2022 August 11, Ann Taylor Pittman, “Southern Pickletini”, in Southern Living, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2024. From the entry cornichon
- Nick Phipps, who played poorly at scrumhalf last week, has been omitted from the matchday squad released on Thursday.2015 August 13, “Quade Cooper given nod to start for Wallabies in Bledisloe Cup finale”, in The Guardian. From the entry scrumhalf
- In informal style questions the ka question particle is omitted and interrogativity is mainly accomplished through intonation and Wh-question words.2015, Lidia Tanaka, “Nourishing the Friendship: Questions in Friends’ Talk”, in Japanese Questions: Discourse, Context and Language…. From the entry wh-question
- Social work and gerontological literature for the most part have omitted Haniet Tubman's role as a houser of the aged.2013, Philip McCallion, Housing for the Elderly: Policy and Practice Issues, page 230. From the entry houser
- Somehow, before the broadcast, the audience laughter got omitted and the temp laugh-track was put in by mistake.2012, Dan O'Shannon, What Are You Laughing At?: A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event, →ISBN. From the entry laugh-track
- Since the octave describes the nonhuman parts of Creation, it omits both morality and theonymy: God and Christ are never named.2010, Stephen Burt, David Mikics, The Art of the Sonnet, →ISBN, page 215. From the entry theonymy
- The "dot-dot-dot" (ellipsis) is commonly used to indicate omitted terms or signs of the kind you ask about.2009 September 27, Chip Eastham, “Re: Repetition-Operator in mathematical formulas?”, in sci.math (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry dot dot dot
- In Japanese, the subject is often omitted, but understood.2005, Richard C. Smith, Teaching English As a Foreign Language, 1936-1961, →ISBN, pages 46–47. From the entry alogism
- The dastardly waiter had maliciously omitted to supply a winkle-picker.1994, Alan Biggins, chapter 8, in A Normandy Tapestry, Milton Keynes: Kirkdale Books, page 93. From the entry winkle-picker
- Such verbs may come to encapsulate the meaning of the collocant, in which case the body-part may be omitted.1991, Journal de linguistique arabe. From the entry collocant
- Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet never omitted four raka'as before the noon prayer and two raka'as before the dawn Prayer.1975, Nawawi, Gardens of the Righteous, Page 198. From the entry dawn prayer
- The enneahedron is a simple all-space filler discovered by myself, based on the cubic antiprism, again omitted by Wood.1968, Design, numbers 229-234, unnumbered page. From the entry enneahedron
- Curiously, he omitted the only indigenous instrument, Franklin's glassichord.1962, Lubov Breit Keefer, Baltimore's Music: The Haven of the American Composer, page 19. From the entry glassichord
- For conjunctival and corneal burns, 0.5% cortisone is used locally on dressings and, after the dressings are omitted, four times daily.1954 February 15, William B. Clark, Edwin B. Dunphy, S. Rodman Irvine, Lawrence T. Post, Derrick T. Vail, “Early Treatment of Eye Injury”…. From the entry hydrosulphosol
- The only thing Sister Bauknight omitted from the Saint-Simon saga was the chapter of disintegration dating from the Civil War.1951, The Arizona Quarterly, page 42. From the entry grande madame
- Therefore if you either omit a needed mark or insert a mark that is not needed, the sentence is wrong.1933, J[acob] C[loyd] Tressler, M[arguerite] B[lack] Shelmadine, Junior English in Action, book three, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.…. From the entry underpunctuation
- This was a useful and popular work, though it omitted from its scope theology, biography, antiquity and poetry.1920, George Edwin Rines, editor, Encyclopedia Americana^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_Americana_(1920)), Volume X…. From the entry encyclopedia
- I concluded he needed the grammatical rest-cure, and therefore omitted English from his first year at the High School.1917, Collected and bound, volume 2, page 371. From the entry grammatophobia
- Can't you omit some spookism, which is simply "rot"?1908, The Humanitarian Review, volume 7, page 441. From the entry spookism
- But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.1906 May–October, Jack London, White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC…. From the entry bristling
- I will also often omit many features of the head categories, such as count, mass, name, and number agreement features, again for simplicity of presentation.2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry implicitly
- Director Steven Spielberg deliberately omitted subtitles for scenes in Spanish in his remake of the film “West Side Story” which is currently in theaters.2021 December 18, Ching Ching Tan, “Spielberg’s West Side Story shows us the value of multilingualism”, in CNN. From the entry Spielberg
- During the sitzprobe the actors will usually stand in front of microphones and sing through the entire show, omitting any unaccompanied sections of dialogue.2019, Matthew White, Staging Musicals: An Essential Guide, page 171. From the entry sitzprobe
- When asked for objective responses, his ignorance of subject matter invariably leads to a non-conjunctive response that never omits self-adulation and condemnation of others.2019 December 28, Vanzetta Penn McPherson, “The agenda for 2020”, in Montgomery Advertiser, volume 192, number 362, page 4A. From the entry non-conjunctive
Meaning of omit
- verb To leave out or exclude.
- verb To fail to perform.
- verb To delete or remove; to strike.
Questions about omit in a sentence
- How do you use omit in a sentence?
- Omit is used as a verb. For example: “His itemization of the inventory did seem accurate, however it omitted several crucial entries.”
- What is a short sentence with omit?
- “But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.”
- What does omit mean?
- Omit means to leave out or exclude.
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