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omissions


Meanings
  • Noun

    The act of leaving out or excluding certain words, letters, or parts of a speech or text.

    - "In her speech, the politician made several omissions, failing to mention key issues."
    - "The editor requested the author to correct all omissions in the manuscript."

Variants
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omission , omissions
Etymology
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From the Old French word 'omission', from the Latin 'omissio' meaning 'act of leaving out'.


Trivia
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  1. The longest word in the English language without the letter 'e' is 'rhythm' with 11 letters.

  2. The term 'omissions' can also refer to the absence of certain genes or proteins in an organism's genome.


Related Concepts
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  1. commission: The opposite of omission, referring to the act of including or adding something.

  2. elision: The deliberate omission of one or more sounds in speech, often for the sake of rhythm or clarity.


Culture
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Omissions have been used as a literary device in various forms of literature, such as metaphorical omissions to create suspense or symbolic omissions to highlight themes.

How to Memorize "omissions"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a speech or text with certain words or parts missing.
    - Visualize the consequences of omitting important information.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'omissions' with the idea of leaving something out.
    - Create mental images of empty spaces or missing pieces.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the acronym 'OMIT' to remember the definition: 'Omission Means Leaving It Out'.
    - Create a mental image of a speaker leaving out words in a speech.


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