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miss

/mɪs/

verb1 of 2

to be too late to ride on something (e.g., train or bus)

  • “Although she hurried, the old lady missed the last train.”Tatoeba
  • “Our next-door neighbor has been missing for several months now.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A failure to hit.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

miss: meaning, pronunciation and examples · Toofey