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   miss

   /mɪs/

   verb

   • 1. fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at): "a laser-guided bomb had missed its target"
   • ▪ pass by without touching; chance not to hit: "the plane narrowly missed the control tower" Similar fail to hitbe wide ofgo wide offall short ofOpposite hit
   • ▪ fail to catch (something thrown or dropped): "Mandy missed the catch, and flung the ball back crossly" Similar fail to catchdropfumblefluffbunglemishandlemisfieldmishitOpposite catch
   • 2. fail to notice, hear, or understand: "the villa is impossible to miss—it's right by the road" Similar fail to hearfail to take inmishearmisunderstandfail to see/noticeoverlookpass overforgetOpposite seenotice
   • ▪ fail to attend, participate in, or watch: "he looks certain to miss England's match against Fiji" Similar fail to attendbe too late forabsent oneself frombe absent fromplay truant fromtake French leave fromcutskipomitinformal:skive offOpposite attend
   • ▪ be too late to catch (a passenger vehicle or the post): "we'll miss the train if he doesn't hurry" Similar be too late forfail to catch/getOpposite catch
   • ▪ fail to see or have a meeting with (someone): "‘Potter's been here this morning?’ ‘You've just missed him.’" Similar notice the absence offind missing
   • ▪ not be able to experience or fail to take advantage of (an opportunity or chance): "don't miss the chance to visit the breathtaking Dolomites" Similar fail to take advantage offail to seize/grasp/takelet sliplet go/passforfeitpass uplose out onoverlookdisregard
   • ▪ avoid; escape: "I drive in at 5 a.m. to miss the traffic" Similar avoidbeatevadeescapedodgesidestepeludeget roundcircumventsteer clear ofgive a wide berth tofind a way roundbypassskirtcheatduckOpposite get caught up in
   • ▪ (of a woman) fail to have (a monthly period): "how many periods have you missed?"
   • 3. notice the loss or absence of: "he's rich—he won't miss the money" Similar notice the absence offind missing
   • ▪ feel regret or sadness at no longer being able to enjoy the presence of: "she misses all her old friends" Similar pine foryearn forache forlong forlong to seeregret the absence/loss offeel the loss offeel nostalgic forneed
   • ▪ feel regret or sadness at no longer being able to go to, do, or have: "I still miss France and I wish I could go back" Similar pine foryearn forache forlong forlong to seeregret the absence/loss offeel the loss offeel nostalgic forneed
   • 4. (of an engine or motor vehicle) undergo failure of ignition in one or more cylinders: "the motor began missing and investigation found a cracked cylinder head"

   noun

   • 1. a failure to hit, catch, or reach something: "the penalty miss cost us the game"
   • ▪ an unsuccessful record or film: "it is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a miss"

   Word Origin Old Englishmissan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German missen.

   Derivatives

   • 1. missable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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