[
US
/ˈmɪs/
]
[ UK /mˈɪs/ ]
[ UK /mˈɪs/ ]
VERB
-
fail to attend an event or activity
I missed the concert
He missed school for a week -
be without
There is something missing in my jewelry box!
This soup lacks salt -
be absent
The child had been missing for a week -
fail to reach
The arrow missed the target -
fail to experience
Fortunately, I missed the hurricane -
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
I missed that remark
We lost part of what he said
She missed his point -
leave undone or leave out
The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
How could I miss that typo? -
feel or suffer from the lack of
He misses his mother -
fail to reach or get to
She missed her train
NOUN
- a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
-
a young female
a young lady of 18
How To Use miss In A Sentence
- Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight. Looking for the Lost Greeks
- Come to think of it, it should read "sententia" but you managed to misspell in Latin the word you misspelled in English. When Latin Tattoos Go Wrong
- They missed it because they are too busy bootlicking ObamaCare, on their hands and knees. Political Instability and the Coming Defeat of ObamaCare | RedState
- But for the watermark, the thickness of the paper and the missing security thread, the note, reportedly obtained from a private bank, looked like genuine currency for all practical purposes.
- In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight. The Frozen Pirate
- For a very long time I loved the idea of writing but did very little - I published a few stories, and workshopped myself into submission.
- You submit to subterfuge, you replace your ordinary parents by a little less ordinary, but still quite ordinary folks, Katrien and the commissaris. Just a Corpse at Twilight
- I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible. The Snowpocalypse Continues
- On the fives court, his nervous housemaster could relax, “rushing about,” as Roald described it, “shrieking what a little fool he is, and calling himself all sorts of names when he misses the ball.” Storyteller
- McCarthy remains dismissive of the allegations and defensive of the former sergeant, saying he was "brutalized" by his colleagues, in particular, by a few senior officers "exerting locker room peer pressure" in the department ranks. MPNnow Home RSS
