Meaning

15 senses

  1. (ambitransitive, physical)To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.

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

    I tried to kick the ball, but missed.

    verfehlen

    не попа́стьne popástʹ, промахну́тьсяpromaxnútʹsja, прома́затьpromázatʹ

    fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

  2. (ambitransitive, physical)To avoid hitting.

    The driver swerved and just managed to miss the chicken crossing the road.

  3. (transitive)To fail to achieve or attain.

    The company missed all its sales targets.

    упуска́тьupuskátʹ, упусти́тьupustítʹ

    fail to experience

  4. (transitive)To fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.

    Joe missed the meeting this morning.

    I usually watch the Oscars Ceremonies, but I missed it this year.

    verpassen

    пропусти́тьpropustítʹ, пропуска́тьpropuskátʹ

    пропуститиpropustyty

    fail to attend an event or activity

  5. (transitive)To avoid or escape.

    The car just missed hitting a passer-by.

    We missed disaster by the skin of our teeth.

    избежа́тьizbežátʹ, избега́тьizbegátʹ

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

    I miss you! Come home soon!

    I miss going for walks along the beach.

    vermissen, sich sehnen

    недостава́тьnedostavátʹ, скуча́тьskučátʹ, тоскова́тьtoskovátʹ

    сумува́тиsumuváty, скуча́тиskučáty

  7. (transitive)To fail to understand.

    to miss the joke

    не поня́тьne ponjátʹ

    fail to reach

  8. (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.

    nicht bemerken, übersehen

    не заме́титьne zamétitʹ, просмотре́тьprosmotrétʹ, пропусти́тьpropustítʹ

  9. (transitive)To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).

    I missed the plane!

    "Is Polly still here?" — "No, sorry, you've just missed her. She left a couple of minutes ago."

  10. (transitive)To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).

    The car is missing essential features.

    This jigsaw is missing several pieces.

    mangeln

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

    Miss me with that nonsense!

  12. To fail to help the hand of a player.

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

    fail to reach or get to

Examples

4786 sentences

  1. We all miss you very much.

    Ми всі дуже за тобою сумуємо. — deniko

    ruМы все очень по тебе скучаем. — odexed

    deWir vermissen dich alle sehr. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. One of my bags is missing.

    У мене пропала одна з сумок. — deniko

    ruУ меня пропала одна из сумок. — odexed

    deEine meiner Taschen fehlt. — Yorwba

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  3. This book is missing two pages.

    В цій книжці бракує двох сторінок. — deniko

    ruВ этой книге отсутствуют две страницы. — Gruzilkin

    deDiesem Buch fehlen zwei Seiten. — al_ex_an_der

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  4. I missed my bus this morning.

    Сьогодні вранці я не встиг на автобус. — sadxaka

    ruСегодня утром я не успел на автобус. — Hellerick

    deIch habe heute Morgen meinen Bus verpasst. — Manfredo

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  5. We may have missed the bus.

    Ми, може бути, спізнилися на автобус. — deniko

    deWir haben vielleicht den Bus verpasst. — mayabe

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to fail to attend:
to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of:
Русский
By meaning 8
to be late for something:
to fail to hit:
to fail to achieve or attain:
to fail to attend:
to avoid; to escape:
to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of:
to fail to understand:
to fail to notice, to overlook:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to be late for something:
to fail to hit:
to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of:
to fail to notice, to overlook:
to lack something:

Origin

Verb from Middle English missen, from Old English missan (“to miss, escape the notice of a

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”).

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Forms

misses, missing, missed, missed
Base formmiss · to miss
3rd person singularmisses
Present participlemissing
Past simplemissed
Past participlemissed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymiss
he, she, itmisses

Past simpleLesson

all personsmissed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave missed
he, she, ithas missed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill miss

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

8 antonyms
catchA1
to fail to hit:hitA2strikeB1impinge onrun intocollide with
attendhave

Word family

12 related words
DerivedmissingA2amissblink-and-you-miss-ithit-or-misshit-or-miss transformmissablemisfiremiss-meal colicmiss offmiss oneselfmiss outmiss stays

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • missed the train
  • going to miss
  • missed the bus
  • want to miss
  • missed the last
  • missing the point
  • may have missed
  • missed his train
  • missing something
  • misses his wife
  • missed the target
  • missed his bus

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misquotemisreadmisrepresentmisshapenmissileB2missionB1
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