| NOUN | act | omission, skip | a mistake resulting from neglect |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | omission | something that has been omitted | |
| process | omission, deletion | any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases | |
| cognition | omission | neglecting to do something |
| Sounds | owmih'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A mistake resulting from neglect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | skip | |
| Narrower | failure | An unexpected omission |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
| Spanish | descuido, omisión | |
| Catalan | descuit, oblit, omissió | |
| Verbs | omit | leave undone or leave out |
| omit | prevent from being included or considered or accepted | |
| Meaning | Something that has been omitted. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "she searched the table for omissions" | |
| Broader | neglect, disuse | The state of something that has been unused and neglected |
| Meaning | Any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | deletion | |
| Narrower | aphaeresis, apheresis | (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in 'coon' for 'raccoon' or 'till' for 'until' |
| aphesis | The gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel / vowel or syllable as in 'squire / squire / squire' for 'esquire' | |
| elision | Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next) | |
| ellipsis, eclipsis | Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences | |
| Broader | linguistic process | A process involved in human language |
| Spanish | omisión, supresión | |
| Catalan | omissió, supressió | |
| Meaning | neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | exception, exclusion, elision | A deliberate act of omission |
| oversight, inadvertence | An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something | |
| pretermission | Letting pass without notice | |
| Broader | disregard, neglect | lack of attention and due care |
| Spanish | omisión | |
| Catalan | omissió | |
| Adjectives | omissive | characterized by omissions |
| Verbs | omit | leave undone or leave out |
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