Miss
WordNet
noun
(1) A form of address for an unmarried woman
(2) A failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
(3) A young woman
"A young lady of 18"
verb
(4) Leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?"
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
(5) Fail to experience
"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
(6) Fail to reach
"The arrow missed the target"
(7) Feel or suffer from the lack of
"He misses his mother"
(8) Fail to reach or get to
"She missed her train"
(9) 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"
(10) Fail to attend an event or activity
"I missed the concert"
"He missed school for a week"
(11) Be without
"This soup lacks salt"
"There is something missing in my jewellery box!"
(12) Be absent
"The child had been missing for a week"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To fail to hit.
- I missed the target.
- To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret.
- I miss you!
- To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception.
- miss the joke
- To fail to attend.
- Joe missed the meeting this morning.
- To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline etc).
- I missed the plane!
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Noun
- A failure to hit.
- A failure to obtain or accomplish.
- An act of avoidance.
- I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.