miss

CEFRA1

/mɪs/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To fail to hit, catch, reach, or notice something.

  2. 02

    verb

    To feel sad because someone or something is absent.

Examples

  • If I don't leave now I'll miss my plane.

  • I fired the gun, but the bullet missed the target.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To avoid hitting.

  2. To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A failure to hit or reach a target.

More examples

In context

  • I tried to kick the ball, but missed.

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

  • Did you miss me?

Antonyms

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Origin

verb

Verb from Middle English missen, from Old English missan (“to miss, escape the notice of a person”), from Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną (“to miss, go wrong, fail”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to change, exchange, trade”). Cognate with West Frisian misse (“to miss”), Dutch missen (“to miss”), German missen (“to miss”), Norwegian Bokmål and Danish miste (“to lose”), Swedish missa (“to miss”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Icelandic missa (“to lose”) and Latin mittere (“to send, let go”). Noun from Middle English misse, mis, from Old English miss (“loss, absence”), from Proto-West Germanic *miss, from Proto-Germanic *miss- (“loss”). Cognate with Scots miss (“a los...