missed

miss ¹  (ms)

v. missed, miss·ing, miss·es

v.tr.

1. To fail to hit, reach, catch, meet, or otherwise make contact with.

2. To fail to perceive, understand, or experience: completely missed the point of the film.

3. To fail to accomplish, achieve, or attain (a goal).

4. To fail to attend or perform: never missed a day of work.

5.

a. To leave out; omit.

b. To let go by; let slip: miss a chance.

6. To escape or avoid: narrowly missed crashing into the tree.

7. To discover the absence or loss of: I missed my book after getting off the bus.

8. To feel the lack or loss of: Do you miss your family?

v.intr.

1. To fail to hit or otherwise make contact with something: fired the final shot and missed again.

2.

a. To be unsuccessful; fail.

b. To misfire, as an internal-combustion engine.

n.

1. A failure to hit, succeed, or find.

2. The misfiring of an engine.

Idioms:

miss fire

1. To fail to discharge. Used of a firearm.

2. To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

miss out on

To lose a chance for: missed out on the promotion.

miss the boat Informal

1. To fail to avail oneself of an opportunity.

2. To fail to understand.

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[Middle English missen, from Old English missan; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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miss ²  (ms)

n.

1. Miss Used as a courtesy title before the surname or full name of a girl or single woman. See Usage Note at Ms.

2. Used as a form of polite address for a girl or young woman: I beg your pardon, miss.

3. A young unmarried woman.

4. Miss Used in informal titles for a young woman to indicate the epitomizing of an attribute or activity: Miss Organization; Miss Opera.

5. mis·ses A series of clothing sizes for women and girls of average height and proportions.

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[Short for mistress.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

missed - not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din" lost uncomprehensible, incomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein