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miss

/mɪs/noun, verb1 syllable

Miss means: leave undone or leave out.

Synonyms for miss16

noun, as in a young female

girl, missy, young lady, young woman, fille

noun, as in a failure to hit (or meet or find etc.)

misfire

verb, as in leave undone or leave out

neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, leave out, overlook, overleap

verb, as in fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

verb, as in be without

verb, as in fail to experience

Opposites of miss

What does miss mean?12

verb

1

leave undone or leave out“How could I miss that typo?”

2

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind“I missed that remark”

3

be without“This soup lacks salt”

4

fail to experience“Fortunately, I missed the hurricane”

5

feel or suffer from the lack of“He misses his mother”

6

fail to attend an event or activity“I missed the concert”

7

fail to reach or get to“She missed her train”

8

fail to reach“The arrow missed the target”

9

be absent“The child had been missing for a week”

noun

1

a young female“a young lady of 18”

2

a failure to hit (or meet or find etc.)

3

a form of address for an unmarried woman

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with miss?16

one syllable

thiskissswisspissblissdiskrissisvisbiswisdisslishiss

two syllables

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Miss in a sentence

  • We hurried, so we didn't miss the last bus.CK
  • Listen carefully, or you'll miss what he says.dryhay
  • Hurry up, or you will miss the train.CK
  • Hurry up, or you will miss the last train.CK
  • Run fast, otherwise you will miss the bus.Dejo
  • Now that he has gone, we miss him very much.CM
  • If you drive carelessly, you will miss your turn.AlanF_US
  • You'll get there in time, so long as you don't miss the train.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of miss

as a noun

plural
misses

as a verb

past tense
missed
present participle
missing
third-person singular
misses
past participle
missed