English Dictionary

miss

/mɪs/

verb

(transitive, intransitive) To fail to hit. / (transitive) To fail to achieve or attain. / (transitive) To avoid; to escape.

I miss my family so much.

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To fail to hit.

I missed the target.

意味（2）

(transitive) To fail to achieve or attain.

to miss an opportunity

意味（3）

(transitive) To avoid; to escape.

The car just missed hitting a passer-by.

意味（4）

(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.

I miss you! Come home soon!

意味（5）

(transitive) To fail to understand;

miss the joke

意味（6）

(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

So I'm just going over my early notes, see if I missed anything.

意味（7）

(transitive) To fail to attend.

Joe missed the meeting this morning.

意味（8）

(transitive) To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).

I missed the plane!

意味（9）

(transitive) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.

The car is missing essential features.

意味（10）

(transitive, slang) To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.

Miss me with that nonsense!

意味（11）

(poker, said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.

Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!

意味（12）

(sports) To fail to score (a goal).

Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.

意味（13）

(intransitive, obsolete) To go wrong; to err.

Emongst the Angels, a whole legione / Of wicked Sprights did fall from happy blis; / What wonder then, if one of women all did mis?

意味（14）

(intransitive, obsolete) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.