Definition

1. Verb:
   • To remain, to be left over: Refers to something that is unintentionally or accidentally left behind or not included.
   • To omit, to miss out: Refers to the act of accidentally forgetting or failing to include something or someone.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi kiểm tra lại và phát hiện còn sót một lỗi trong báo cáo. (I checked again and discovered there was still one error left in the report.)
  • Đừng để sót bất kỳ chi tiết quan trọng nào. (Don't omit any important details.)
  • Trong lúc vội, cô ấy đã viết sót tên mình. (In a hurry, she missed out writing her own name.)

Advanced Usage

• "còn sót lại": to be left over, to remain (often implying a small amount or something forgotten).
  • Sau trận cháy, chỉ còn sót lại vài bức tường. (After the fire, only a few walls were left standing.)
• "bỏ sót": to leave out, to omit (emphasizing the act of exclusion).
  • Không được bỏ sót học sinh nào trong buổi điểm danh. (No student should be left out during the roll call.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sót lại (verb phrase): to remain, to be left over. This is a common compound form.
• Sơ sót (noun): omission, oversight, mistake. This is a related noun form meaning a lapse or error due to negligence.
  • Đó là một sơ sót nhỏ trong quy trình. (That was a small oversight in the procedure.)

Synonyms

• Quên: to forget (more general).
• Bỏ quên: to leave behind, to forget (implies accidentally leaving something).
• Thiếu: to lack, to be missing (can imply absence, not necessarily accidental).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Để sót: to let something be left out/omitted.
  • Anh ấy đã để sót chữ ký trong đơn. (He let the signature be omitted from the application.)

Related Idioms

• "Sóng sau xô sóng trước" is not directly related to "sót". A more relevant idiom involving the concept of missing or omitting is:
• "Bắt cá hai tay, tuột cả đôi": This idiom about greed leading to losing everything relates indirectly to the risk of missing out by trying to do too much. However, it does not contain the word "sót".

verb

1. to remain to omit, to miss out