Dictionary
miss
Meaning
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- To fail to hit.
- To fail to achieve or attain.
- To avoid; to escape.
- To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
- To fail to understand;
- To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
- To fail to attend.
- To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
- To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
- (slang) To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
- To fail to help the hand of a player.
- To fail to score (a goal).
- (obsolete) To go wrong; to err.
- (obsolete) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɪs/
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