Definition of
omission has definitions from the field of linguistics
1
[ noun ] a mistake resulting from neglect

Synonyms

skip

Used in print

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

He wore no gun - a strange ommission for a peace_officer in this country .

Related terms

mistake failure cut

2
[ noun ] something that has been omitted

Examples

"she searched the table for omissions"

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Angelina stepped back , her eyes roaming the tray for omissions .

Related terms

neglect

3
[ noun ] (linguistics) any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases

Synonyms

deletion

Used in print

(Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)

Omission of a subordinator pronoun , however , does not result in an increase in stress on a prepositional adverb for which the subordinator pronoun would be object .

Related terms

linguistic_process ellipsis aphesis elision aphaeresis

4
[ noun ] neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something

Related terms

disregard exception oversight pretermission neglect

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Rhymes with

mission decomposition logician volition emission ambition commission intermission academician permission decommission commision remission admission submission transmission edition tuition clinician sedition fission titian munition beautician donation audition ovation musician fruition intuition mention magician admonition definition redefinition motion ammunition premonition extinction distinction addition edition production introduction rotation echolocation flotation evolution quotation innovation probation location vocation procession notation evocation nutrition malnutrition emulsion dimension precondition recognition transition rendition ignition dentition cognition condition recondition technician supposition apparition rhetorician dietitian juxtaposition physician proposition extradition petition coalition decomposition position demolition mathematician redeposition prohibition requisition exposition abolition exhibition acquisition repetition disposition tradition reimposition expedition politician imposition theoretician presupposition competition predisposition reposition composition erudition opposition deposition recission inhibition inquisition coercion martian hypotension mansion partition patrician superstition pediatrician mortician geriatrician statistician attrition obstetrician tactician optician suspicion ocean croatian electrician notion contrition conniption potion lotion cushion fiction diction emotion deletion introspection circumspection complexion completion relocation dislocation proration prediction auction interdiction addiction benediction contradiction eviction crucifixion depiction dereliction egyptian shun russian friction session demotion locomotion promotion commotion secession recession nation caution suction grecian hessian section extinction compulsion laotian oversimplification interconnection venetian mobilization liberalization organisation westernization phoenician generalization fertilization mitigation gentrification mummification fumigation detoxification restriction subsidization monopolization polarization lubrication desertion glorification sterilization internationalization

Phonetic and Homophones

OW0 M IH1 SH AH0 N

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omniscient omniscience

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