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verb
- 1. fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at): "a laser-guided bomb had missed its target"
- 2. fail to notice, hear, or understand: "the villa is impossible to miss—it's right by the road" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a failure to hit, catch, or reach something: "Elster's stunning catch in the third inning made up for his dreadful miss in the first"
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The meaning of MISS is to fail to hit, reach, or contact. How to use miss in a sentence. to fail to hit, reach, or contact; to fail to perform or attend; to leave out : omit…
to not notice someone or something: You don't miss much, do you? Nobody else noticed that mistake. My office is first on the right with a bright red door. You can't miss it (= it is very easy to find).
You can use Miss in front of the name of a girl or unmarried woman when you are speaking to her or referring to her. Many women prefer the title 'Ms'. It was nice talking to you, Miss Liu.
To miss is to fail to do or sense something, or to be without. If you miss all your free throws, your basketball team probably won't miss you if you skip a game.
to not notice someone or something: It's the big house on the corner - you can't miss it. miss a chance/opportunity. B1. to not use an opportunity to do something: You can't afford to miss a chance like this. miss the point. to not understand something correctly: He seems to be missing the point completely.
Miss means to fail to hit something, to fail to meet something, or to feel sadness over the absence or loss of something. The word miss has several other senses as a verb and a noun. To miss something is to fail to hit or strike something, as with an arrow missing a target.
miss meaning, definition, what is miss: to not go somewhere or do something, esp...: Learn more.
Definition of miss verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. ( cap.) a title of respect prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman: Miss Mary Jones. 2. (used by itself as a term of address to a young woman): Miss, please bring me some ketchup. 3. ( cap.) a title prefixed to the name of something that a young woman has been selected to represent: Miss Sweden.
verb. missed, misses, missing. To fail to hit something aimed at; go wide of the mark. Webster's New World. To fail to meet, reach, attain, catch, accomplish, see, hear, perceive, understand, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To be too late for or fail to meet (a train, for example). American Heritage.
