miss

(ambitransitive, physical)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.

She tried to grab hold of the end of the rope, but she missed.

(ambitransitive, physical)To avoid hitting.

The driver swerved and just managed to miss the chicken crossing the road.

(transitive)To fail to achieve or attain.

The company missed all its sales targets.

(transitive)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.

I'm starving! I missed breakfast this morning.

I only left the queue for a moment and now I've missed my turn.

This offer is too good to miss.

to miss an opportunity, to miss a chance

(transitive)To avoid or escape.

The car just missed hitting a passer-by.

We missed disaster by the skin of our teeth.

(transitive)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.

I'm not going to the party, but I don't think I'll be missed.

I had left my wallet at home, but I only missed it when I got to the metro.

(transitive)To fail to understand.

to miss the joke

(transitive)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.

(transitive)To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).

I missed the plane!

"Is Polly still here?" — "No, sorry, you've just missed her. She left a couple of minutes ago."

(transitive)(transitive, mostly continuous tenses) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).

The car is missing essential features.

This jigsaw is missing several pieces.

(slang, transitive)To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.

Miss me with that nonsense!

(poker, said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.

Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!

A failure to physically hit.

In eight shots at the target he had six misses.

A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.

After four top-ten singles, the band's next release was a miss.

Your answer isn't exactly right, but it's a very close miss.

Jones put the penalty shot over the bar — what a terrible miss.

An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give).

I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.

(informal)Someone or something whose loss or absence is felt.

Top striker Smith is out injured and will be a big miss for United.

(computing) The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.

(snooker) A foul shot that fails to hit the target ball, where the player has, in the referee's judgement, not made every effort to play a legal shot; in addition to conceding points for the foul, the player can be made to play the shot again.

(obsolete)Error, fault; misdeed, wrongdoing, sin.

(obsolete)Hurt or harm from a mistake or accident.

(obsolete)Loss, lack want; hence, the feeling of loss.

(countable, uncountable)A title of respect for an unmarried woman with or without a name used.

You may sit here, miss.

You may sit here, Miss Jones.

(countable, uncountable)A term of address by a student for a female teacher, especially one using their maiden name.

Here's my report, Miss Smith.

(countable, uncountable)An unmarried woman; a girl.