omission
The act of omittingThe act of omitting.
» Tom made one serious omission.
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)The act of omitting.
Unterlassung, Unterlassen
упуще́ниеupuščénije
(uncountable)The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
E&O insurance (for errors and omissions) covers both errors of commission and errors of omission.
Unterlassen, Unterlassung
опло́шностьoplóšnostʹ
(countable)An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship.
Auslassung
про́пускprópusk
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
(countable, uncountable)Something not done or neglected.
The lack of a sponge count was an omission by the surgical team.
Unterlassung
упуще́ниеupuščénije
(countable, uncountable)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.
Auslassung
про́пускprópusk
Examples
6 sentencesTom made one serious omission.
There are known errors and omissions.
deEs sind Fehler und Auslassungen bekannt. — Yorwba
That omission says a lot about his priorities.
deDiese Auslassung sagt viel über seine Prioritäten aus. — Yorwba
Many other similar disconcerting omissions will be noticed in the manuscript.
Omission is a perfectly good example of an expression technique, and is brought up in many grammar books.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English omissioun, from Old French omission, from Late Latin omissio, omissionFrom Middle English omissioun, from Old French omission, from Late Latin omissio, omissionem, from Latin omitto.
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Forms
plural: omissionsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable