miss

Nouns

• (n) a young woman
  • a young lady of 18
  fille, girl, missy, young lady, young woman,
• (n) a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) misfire,
• (n) a form of address for an unmarried woman

Verbs

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

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