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# miss

«miss» in Mova's school dictionary: **to fail to hit, catch or reach something: «I missed the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (miss, misses, missed, missing); noun (a miss, misses; Miss — a title)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To miss is to fail to hit, catch or reach something: «I missed the ball». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m1)

2) To miss a bus, train or event is to be too late for it or not go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m2)

3) To miss someone is to feel sad because they are not with you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m3)

4) To miss something is to not see, hear or notice it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m4)

5) A miss is a failed try. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m5)

6) Miss is a title for a girl or unmarried woman, and what children in the UK and Ireland call a female teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In school, «Miss!» is how many pupils call a woman teacher; «missed school» means you were absent. In maths, «missing number» puzzles ask you to find the number that fits: 5 + ? = 12, so the missing number is 12 − 5 = 7. In feelings lessons, missing someone is normal when they move or die. Phrases: «miss out» (not get a chance), «near miss» (almost an accident), «hit and miss» (sometimes good, sometimes not).

### examples

- I missed the bus this morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x1)
- He kicked the ball but missed the goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x2)
- I miss my grandma who lives in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x3)
- Don't miss the fireworks at nine! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x4)
- You missed a word in that sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x5)
- Find the missing number: 3 + ? = 10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x6)
- Please, Miss, can I go to the toilet? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x7)
- That was a near miss with the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x8)
- This is what "Miss Sally" heard: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x9)

### note

Third person: misses (-es). «Missing» means lost or not there: «a missing cat». Title: «Miss Smith» (unmarried), «Mrs» (married), «Ms» (any woman). Do not confuse «missed» with «mist» (they sound the same).

### In the corpora

- [Some retired people miss the routine, their workmates and the feeling of being useful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/17/)
- [Safe search is a setting that filters out adult results when you search, though it can miss some.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/16/)
- [Many parents work shifts and sometimes miss shows; it does not mean they do not care, and filming the show can help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/12/)
- [Picture the first night: the puppy cries in the dark kitchen because it misses that warm pile.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks/2/)
- [She calls it "a narrow escape", meaning a near miss with danger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «miss» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.