miss
/mɪs/
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Translation
To fail to catch, hit, or reach something, or to feel sad that someone is not there.
Word origin
From Old English missan, meaning to fail to hit or to go wrong.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- missan
Grammar
Verb typeregular (miss, misses, missed)
Examples
Hurry, .
"Miss" means we will fail to reach the bus in time.
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"Misses" means she feels sad that they are not there.
rolled .
"Missed" is the past form of "miss".
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