PRETERMIT (pretermitted, pretermitting)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: pretermitted    , pretermitting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pretermit mean? 

• PRETERMIT (verb)
  The verb PRETERMIT has 2 senses:

1. disregard intentionally or let pass

2. leave undone or leave out

  Familiarity information: PRETERMIT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRETERMIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they pretermit    ... he / she / it pretermits   
Past simple: pretermitted   
Past participle: pretermitted   
-ing form: pretermitting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disregard intentionally or let pass

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "pretermit" is one way to...):

disregard; ignore; neglect (give little or no attention to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pretermission (letting pass without notice)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Leave undone or leave out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

drop; leave out; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; pretermit

Context example:

The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pretermit"):

forget (forget to do something)

jump; pass over; skip; skip over (bypass)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

pretermission (letting pass without notice)