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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
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)