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- pronunciation:
- mIs
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
misses, missing, missed |
| definition 1: |
to fail to hit, catch, reach, cross, or touch.
He missed the ball.I missed the plane.- antonyms:
- catch, find, hit
- similar words:
- fumble
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| definition 2: |
to fail to see, hear, or understand.
He missed what I said.- antonyms:
- get, hear, notice, observe, see
- similar words:
- disregard, ignore, lose, misunderstand, overlook
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| definition 3: |
to fail to perform, attend, or otherwise experience.
I missed the concert.- antonyms:
- attend
- similar words:
- abstain from, neglect, shun, skip, waste
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| definition 4: |
to fail to do or get.
They missed a good chance of winning the game.- antonyms:
- achieve
- similar words:
- avoid, dodge, evade, lose, neglect, shun, sidestep, skip
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| definition 5: |
to avoid or escape.
The car missed the tree.- synonyms:
- avoid, evade
- antonyms:
- meet
- similar words:
- dodge, elude, sidestep
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| definition 6: |
to feel sad or lonely without.
She missed her friend.- similar words:
- lack, long for, want
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| related words: |
clear, cut |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a failure to hit or catch something coming toward one through the air, or a failure to propel something so as to hit or enter another thing.
She made five baskets in a row before a miss.- antonyms:
- catch, hit
- similar words:
- fumble, muff
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| definition 2: |
any failure or thing that is left out.
Our plan turned out to be a miss.- synonyms:
- bomb, defeat, failure, flop
- similar words:
- blunder, error, mistake, oversight, slip
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