English dictionary
miss
nounPronunciation
mɪs
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a failure to hit (or meet or find etc.)
noun
- a young female
verb
- leave undone or leave out
verb
- fail to experience
verb
- fail to reach
verb
- feel or suffer from the lack of
verb
- fail to reach or get to
verb
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
verb
- fail to attend an event or activity
verb
- be without
verb
- be absent
Example sentences
a young lady of 18
How could I miss that typo?
The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
Fortunately, I missed the hurricane
The arrow missed the target
He misses his mother
She missed her train
I missed that remark
She missed his point
We lost part of what he said
I missed the concert
He missed school for a week
This soup lacks salt
There is something missing in my jewelry box!
The child had been missing for a week