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[ US /ˈmɪs/ ]
[ UK /mˈɪs/ ]
VERB
  1. fail to attend an event or activity
    I missed the concert
    He missed school for a week
  2. be without
    There is something missing in my jewelry box!
    This soup lacks salt
  3. be absent
    The child had been missing for a week
  4. fail to reach
    The arrow missed the target
  5. fail to experience
    Fortunately, I missed the hurricane
  6. 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
  7. leave undone or leave out
    The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
    How could I miss that typo?
  8. feel or suffer from the lack of
    He misses his mother
  9. fail to reach or get to
    She missed her train
NOUN
  1. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
  2. 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
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