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miss
(m/I/s )

noun (n)

  • a young woman(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    fille, girl, missy, young lady, young woman
    source: wordnet30
  • a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    misfire
    source: wordnet30
  • a form of address for an unmarried woman(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind(verb.perception)
    Example:
    I missed that remark.
    She missed his point.
    Synonym:
    lose
    source: wordnet30
  • feel or suffer from the lack of(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    He misses his mother.
    source: wordnet30
  • fail to attend an event or activity(verb.stative)
    Example:
    I missed the concert.
    He missed school for a week.
    Antonym:
    attend, go to
    source: wordnet30
  • leave undone or leave out(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    How could I miss that typo?.
    The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten.
    Synonym:
    drop, leave out, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit
    Antonym:
    attend to, take to heart
    source: wordnet30
  • fail to reach or get to(verb.motion)
    Example:
    She missed her train.
    source: wordnet30
  • be without(verb.stative)
    Example:
    There is something missing in my jewelry box!.
    Synonym:
    lack
    Antonym:
    feature, have
    source: wordnet30
  • fail to reach(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The arrow missed the target.
    Antonym:
    collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
    source: wordnet30
  • be absent(verb.stative)
    Example:
    The child had been missing for a week.
    source: wordnet30
  • fail to experience(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Fortunately, I missed the hurricane.
    Synonym:
    escape
    source: wordnet30
  • To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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