near miss

near miss

n.

1. A narrowly avoided collision involving two or more aircraft, ships, boats, or motor vehicles.

2. A missile strike that is extremely close to but not directly on target.

3. Something that fails by a very narrow margin: Her campaign for the Senate was a near miss.

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[Blend of near thing and miss.]

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near miss

n

1. (Military) a bomb, shell, etc, that does not exactly hit the target

2. any attempt or shot that just fails to be successful

3. an incident in which two vehicles narrowly avoid collision

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near′ miss′

or near′-miss′,

n.

1. a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit.

2. the narrow avoidance of a collision.

3. something that falls narrowly short of its object.

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near miss

Any circumstances in flight when the degree of separation between two aircraft might constitute a hazardous situation. Also called airmiss.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

near miss - an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided misadventure, mischance, mishap - an instance of misfortune

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near miss

noun close thing, near thing, close call, close shave, narrow escape There was a near miss when the jets' flight paths almost crossed.

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Translations

near miss

n (Aviat) → Beinahezusammenstoß m ? also miss¹ N a

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

near miss

n (Aer) → incidente mancato
that was a near miss (fig) → c'è mancato poco
he had a near miss with that car → per un pelo non ha investito quella macchina

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