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Pretermit for Dummies

verb

pronunciation: ,pritər'mɪt

What does Pretermit really mean?

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Sure thing, my dear student! Let's dive right into the wonderful world of words. Now, "pretermit"... What a fascinating word, isn't it? Well, to pretermit means to, hmm...how can I put it simply...to **skip or omit something**, to overlook or neglect it, or to leave it out. Imagine you have a list of things to do, like chores or tasks. When you pretermit something, it means you accidentally or intentionally forget to do one of those things on your list. It's like when you're tidying up your room but forget to make your bed or put away your toys. Silly me, I sometimes pretermit to drink my morning coffee, and that's clearly not a good thing!

But wait, there's more! "Pretermit" can also mean to **interrupt or suspend an ongoing process**. It's like when you're watching a movie, but suddenly someone comes into the room and distracts you, causing you to pretermit your movie-watching enjoyment for a little while. Or think about a game of tag where you have to freeze when someone yells "time out!" That brief pause in the game is a pretermit, a break from the usual action.

So, in a nutshell, "pretermit" can mean to skip or omit something on a list or to interrupt or suspend an ongoing process. Just keep in mind that when you pretermit something, you're leaving it out or pausing it temporarily. Now, I'm curious...did my explanation help you grasp the meaning of "pretermit" a bit better?


Revised and Fact checked by Sarah Thompson on 2023-10-28 15:49:00

Pretermit In a sentece

Learn how to use Pretermit inside a sentece

  • I had to pretermit completing my homework because I was not feeling well.
  • The teacher had to pretermit giving us a quiz because she was absent.
  • I accidentally pretermitted adding sugar to the cake batter.
  • Due to a power outage, we had to pretermit watching the movie.
  • The team had to pretermit playing the game due to bad weather conditions.

Pretermit Synonyms

Words that can be interchanged for the original word in the same context.

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

Pretermit Hypernyms

Words that are more generic than the original word.

disregard disregard ignore ignore neglect neglect

Pretermit Hyponyms

Words that are more specific than the original word.

forget forget jump jump pass over pass over skip skip skip over skip over