Word: miss
Phonetic:
/mɪs/Listen:
A failure to hit.
A failure to obtain or accomplish.
An act of avoidance (used with the verb give). Example: I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.
The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
To fail to hit. Example: I missed the target.
To fail to achieve or attain. Example: to miss an opportunity
To avoid; to escape. Example: The car just missed hitting a passer-by.
To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret. Example: I miss you! Come home soon!
To fail to understand; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook. Example: miss the joke
To fail to attend. Example: Joe missed the meeting this morning.
To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.). Example: I missed the plane!
To be wanting; to lack something that should be present. Example: The car is missing essential features.
(said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player. Example: Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!
To fail to score (a goal).
To go wrong; to err.
To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
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