omit; leave out; elide
Meanings
2 senses · 7 examplesverb
to omit; to leave out; to skip over
neutralUsed for deliberately removing unnecessary steps, words, or descriptions to make something more concise.
He omitted the details and went straight to the conclusion.
To save time, we skipped the opening remarks of the meeting.
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The author omitted the landscape descriptions in this part to make the plot tighter.
Please omit the unnecessary polite formalities.
verb
to elide; to omit (a grammatical component)
technicalA technical term in grammar for when sentence components (like subjects or repeated words) are omitted in specific contexts, such as imperatives or answers.
In the imperative sentence '(You) come here!', the subject 'you' is usually omitted.
When answering 'Are you going?' with 'Going.', the part 'I' that is the same as the question is omitted.
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In Chinese, subject ellipsis where the subject is omitted by referring to the previous context is a very common phenomenon.