miss
/mɪs/ verb A1- To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc. · I fired the gun, but the bullet missed the target.· I tried to kick the ball, but missed.
- To avoid hitting. · The driver swerved and just managed to miss the chicken crossing the road.
- To fail to achieve or attain. · The company missed all its sales targets.
- To fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc. · Joe missed the meeting this morning.· I usually watch the Oscars Ceremonies, but I missed it this year.
- To avoid or escape. · The car just missed hitting a passer-by.· We missed disaster by the skin of our teeth.
- To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something. · I miss you! Come home soon!· I miss going for walks along the beach.
- To fail to understand. · to miss the joke
- To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook. · So I'm just going over my early notes, see if I missed anything.
He/she/it misses · Past missed · Past participle missed · -ing form missing
Verb forms
- Base form
- miss
- He/she/it
- misses
- Past
- missed
- Past participle
- missed
- -ing form
- missing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The Bull replied, “I did not know you had come, and I shall not miss you when you go away.”
The Mother coming up, and missing one of her sons, inquired of his brothers what had become of him.
The next day, when it came out of its hole for food, he took up his axe, but by swinging too hastily, missed its head and cut off only the end of its tail.
Sometimes, indeed, they were broken or missing altogether, leaving holes that Toto jumped across and Dorothy walked around.
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