miss

/mˈɪs/

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Noun
a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
Noun
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Noun
a form of address for an unmarried woman
Verb
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"
Verb
feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"
Verb
fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
Verb
leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Verb
fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train"
Verb
be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
Verb
fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"
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be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"
Verb
fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
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