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miss

/mˈɪs/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

  1. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
    “I missed that remark”
  2. feel or suffer from the lack of
    “He misses his mother”
  3. fail to attend an event or activity
    “I missed the concert”
  4. leave undone or leave out
    “How could I miss that typo?”
  5. fail to reach or get to
    “She missed her train”
  6. be without
    “This soup lacks salt”
  7. fail to reach
    “The arrow missed the target”
  8. be absent
    “The child had been missing for a week”
  9. fail to experience
    “Fortunately, I missed the hurricane”

noun

  1. a young female
    “a young lady of 18”
  2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
  3. a form of address for an unmarried woman

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