Miss - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |mɪs|  American pronunciation of the word miss
Brit.  |mɪs|  British pronunciation of the word miss

noun

- a young female (syn: girl, missy)
- a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) (syn: misfire)
- a form of address for an unmarried woman

verb

- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind (syn: lose)
I missed that remark
She missed his point
- feel or suffer from the lack of
He misses his mother
- fail to attend an event or activity
I missed the concert
He missed school for a week
- leave undone or leave out (syn: drop, leave out, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit)
How could I miss that typo?
The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
- fail to reach or get to
She missed her train
- be without (syn: lack)
There is something missing in my jewelry box!
- fail to reach
The arrow missed the target
- be absent
The child had been missing for a week
- fail to experience (syn: escape)
Fortunately, I missed the hurricane

Extra examples

He swung and missed the ball completely.

The shot missed the goal by inches.

The batter swung and missed.

She took three shots and missed every time.

I would hate to miss this opportunity.

She could have joined us, but she missed her chance.

They missed a payment on their car loan.

He was in such a hurry that he missed breakfast.

We felt the miss of you.

The engine missed.

I missed the point of the speech.

He had to miss school for two weeks.

I did my best, but unfortunately I missed him at the home.

I missed you so much.

He just missed hitting the other car.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: miss
he/she/it: misses
present participle: missing
past tense: missed
past participle: missed
noun
singular: miss
plural: misses
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