omission in English dictionary

  • omission

    Meanings and definitions of "omission"

    • The act of omitting.
    • The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
    • Something deleted or left out.
    • Something not done or neglected.
    • (grammar) The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.
    • noun
      The act of omitting.
    • noun
      The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
    • noun
      Something deleted or left out.
    • noun
      Something not done or neglected.
    • noun
      (grammar)
      The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.
    • using people of low rank as sword fodder
    • noun
      any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
    • noun
      a mistake resulting from neglect
    • noun
      neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
    • noun
      something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions"

    Synonyms of "omission" in English dictionary

    deletion, skip, mistake are the top synonyms of "omission" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of omission

    • omission ( plural  omissions)
    • omission (plural omissions)
  • Omission

Sample sentences with "omission"

Available translations

Authors