OMISSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does omission mean?
• OMISSION (noun)
The noun OMISSION has 4 senses:
1. a mistake resulting from neglect
2. something that has been omitted
3. any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases
4. neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
Familiarity information: OMISSION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• OMISSION (noun)
Meaning:
A mistake resulting from neglect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
omission; skip
Hypernyms ("omission" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "omission"):
failure (an unexpected omission)
Meaning:
Something that has been omitted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
she searched the table for omissions
Hypernyms ("omission" is a kind of...):
disuse; neglect (the state of something that has been unused and neglected)
Meaning:
Any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
deletion; omission
Hypernyms ("omission" is a kind of...):
linguistic process (a process involved in human language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "omission"):
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 or syllable as in '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))
eclipsis; ellipsis (omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences)
Meaning:
Neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("omission" is a kind of...):
disregard; neglect (lack of attention and due care)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "omission"):
inadvertence; oversight (an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something)
pretermission (letting pass without notice)
elision; exception; exclusion (a deliberate act of omission)
