English language

How to pronounce miss in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lose
Has types overlook


I missed that remark.
She missed his point.
Type Words
Synonyms escape
Type of avoid


Fortunately, I missed the hurricane.
Type Words
Synonyms fille, girl, missy, young lady, young woman
Type of woman, adult female
Has types chit, colleen, dame, doll, flapper, gal, gamine, gibson girl, hoyden, jeune fille, lassie, maid, maiden, may queen, mill-girl, party girl, peri, queen of the may, ring girl, romp, rosebud, sex bomb, sex kitten, sexpot, shop girl, skirt, soubrette, sweater girl, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tomboy, tsatske, tshatshke, valley girl, wench, working girl, young girl, lass, belle, bimbo, bird, chachka, chick
Type Words
Synonyms lack
Has types want, exclude


There is something missing in my jewelry box!.
Type Words
Synonyms drop, leave out, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit
Has types pass over, skip over, forget, jump, skip


How could I miss that typo?.
The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten.
Type Words
Synonyms misfire
Type of failure
Type Words
Type of title, title of respect, form of address
Type Words
Type of neglect, fail
Has types cut, skip


I missed the concert.
He missed school for a week.
Type Words
Has types undershoot, overshoot


The arrow missed the target.
Type Words
Type of miscarry, go wrong, fail


She missed her train.
Type Words
Type of desire, want
Has types regret


He misses his mother.

Examples of miss

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Defensive end Juqua Parker will miss a second straight game due to a hip injury.
From the thenewstribune.com
Fly fishermen have picked up a few good fish, but the bite has been hit-or-miss.
From the sacbee.com
One of the top cornerbacks in the SEC, Jenkins will miss all of spring practice.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Then in Hitachi City, this was really hard to miss, cars piled atop one another.
From the abcnews.go.com
No one is saying YOU have to go though, and I doubt Disney will miss your money.
From the orlandosentinel.com
He said he will miss serving on the tourist council, as well as on other boards.
From the news-journalonline.com
Kenneth Darby, St. Louis RamsSteven Jackson tends to miss a few games each year.
From the online.wsj.com
Camardo-Steron stepped in without hesitation and the company didn't miss a beat.
From the democratandchronicle.com
So far she's had to miss three days of work because she had no sitter available.
From the democratandchronicle.com
More examples
  • Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"
  • Girl: a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
  • A failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
  • Feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"
  • A form of address for an unmarried woman
  • Fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
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  • Man In Space Soonest (MISS) was a U.S. Air Force program to put a man into outer space before the Soviet Union. MISS would have used a Thor booster, then later an Atlas, to put a capsule into orbit. The program eventually developed into NASA's Project Mercury.
  • Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, which namesake is from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River"). ...