omission en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ə(ʊ)ˈmɪʃ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /oʊˈmɪʃ.ən/ (Canada, General-American)
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Etymology
From Middle English omissioun, from Old French omission, from Late Latin omissio, omissionem, from Latin omitto.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The act of omitting.
Scots was not ‘banned’ outright — impossible anyway with so many Scots-speaking teachers but, like Gaelic, marginalised by omission.
2023, Clive Young, “chapter three: From Union to Devolution”, in Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Luath Press Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 88:
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(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.
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(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.
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(countable, uncountable) Something not done or neglected.
The lack of a sponge count was an omission by the surgical team.
- (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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| omissions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (81)
ga faillí (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · hu mulasztás (something not done or neglected) · rm omission (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · bg изпускане (grammar: the shortening of a word or phrase) · pt omissão (the act of omitting) · bg изпускане (the act of omitting) · bg пропуск (something deleted or left out) · fi pois jättäminen (the act of omitting) · pt omissão (something not done or neglected) · la omissiō (the act of omitting) · mi aweretanga (something deleted or left out) · de Unterlassung (the act of omitting) · it omissione (the act of omitting) · el παράλειψη (something deleted or left out) · de Auslassung (grammar: the shortening of a word or phrase) · tr unutmak (the act of omitting) · grc παράλειψις (the act of omitting) · ca omissió (something deleted or left out) · hu mulasztás (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · ja 不作為 (something not done or neglected) · mi kauwhiti (something not done or neglected) · fi välttäminen (the act of omitting) · mk пропуст (something not done or neglected) · cmn 省略 (the act of omitting) · ru про́пуск (grammar: the shortening of a word or phrase) · ru про́пуск (something deleted or left out) · el παράλειψη (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · ja 省略 (the act of omitting) · sv utelämnande (the act of omitting) · ko 생략 (the act of omitting) · ru упуще́ние (something not done or neglected) · kk әрекетсіздік (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · fi väistäminen (the act of omitting) · bg опущение (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · es omisión (the act of omitting) · tr atlamak (the act of omitting) · it omissione (something not done or neglected) · ru опло́шность (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · es omisión (something deleted or left out) · pt negligência (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · ca omissió (the act of omitting) · bg небрежност (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · la praetermissiō (the act of omitting) · mi rerenga (something deleted or left out) · el παράλειψη (the act of omitting) · fi laiminlyönti (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · rm omission (something deleted or left out) · de Unterlassung (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · hu elhagyás (the act of omitting) · mi aweretanga (something not done or neglected) · fi puute (something deleted or left out) · mi kauwhiti (something deleted or left out) · pt omissão (something deleted or left out) · rm omission (the act of omitting) · es omisión (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · de Auslassung (something deleted or left out) · hu kihagyás (the act of omitting) · de Unterlassung (something not done or neglected) · fi sivuuttaminen (the act of omitting) · it omissione (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · eo preterlaso (the act of omitting) · cmn 不作為 /不作为 (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · hu kihagyás (something deleted or left out) · it omissione (something deleted or left out) · ga faill (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · hu elmulasztás (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · tr ihmal etmek (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · mi aweretanga (the act of omitting) · fr omission (the act of omitting) · de Unterlassen (the act of omitting) · fr oubli (something deleted or left out) · fr omission (something deleted or left out) · rm omission (something not done or neglected) · es omisión (something not done or neglected) · fi laiminlyönti (something not done or neglected) · ru упуще́ние (the act of omitting) · bg пропускане (the act of omitting) · fi poisto (something deleted or left out) · ja 怠慢 (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do) · ar إِغْفَال (the act of omitting) · de Unterlassen (the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do)