different between omit vs preterition

English

Etymology

At least by 1422, from late Middle English omitten, borrowed from Latin omittere, present active infinitive of omitt? (“to let go”), from ob- + mitt? (“to send”), but also had the connotations “to fail to perform” and “to neglect”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o??m?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Verb

omit (third-person singular simple present omits, present participle omitting, simple past and past participle omitted)

1. (transitive) To leave out or exclude.
2. (transitive) To fail to perform.
3. (transitive, rare) To neglect or take no notice of.

Synonyms

• (leave out or exclude): leave off, miss out; see also Thesaurus:omit
• (fail to perform):
• (take no notice of): disregard, ignore, pass, turn a blind eye

Related terms

• omission
• mission
• elide

Translations

Anagrams

• Mito, mito, mito-

Finnish

Verb

omit

1. Second-person singular indicative present form of omia.
2. Second-person singular indicative past form of omia.

Anagrams

• Timo, Tomi, moti, toim, toim., tomi

French

Verb

omit

1. third-person singular past historic of omettre

English

Alternative forms

• praeteritio, praeterition, præterition

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeteriti?, from praetere? (“I omit”).

Noun

preterition (countable and uncountable, plural preteritions)

1. The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
2. (rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis
3. (law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in his will.
4. (theology) The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation.

Synonyms

• pretermission

Translations