Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Possible to omit.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being omitted; not needed; worthy of omission.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Able to be omitted.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being left out

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin omissus, past participle of omittere, to disregard; see omit.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin omissum, supine of omitto + -ible

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