to miss

Examples

• All

• I think you missed that.

  Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

• Focused work in one's career may cause one to miss personal issues that need to be addressed.

  Academic text (1991)

• And, and it just missed my eye, which thank God.

• And it also gets missed because it's internal.

• Or what you may have missed along the way.

  Maybe I Do (2023)

• I must be missing something.

  Tin Soldier (2025)

• This is the thing that so many people miss and it kills them.

  Evan Carmichael

• The division with the other program and the missed opportunities that it represented troubled me.

  Academic text (2012)

• If at any time during practice an item was missed, the entire procedure was reset.

  Academic text (1993)

• And somehow we've missed that along the way.

Synonyms

O

to overlook

vsto miss

243 2.9

To not notice someone or something you should see

fails unintentionally to notice, hear, or include something

Antonyms

H

to hear

∞ 1.0

Notice sounds with your ears

I

to include

∞ 1.0

To make a person or thing part of something larger

N

to notice

∞ 1.0

To see or become aware of something

Idioms

S

swing and a miss

• Informal

3 7.0

An attempt that fails to get the result you wanted

B

blink-and-you-miss-it

• Informal

8.3

Very short and easy to miss if you do not look closely

Phrasal Verbs

M

to miss out

176 3.6

Lose the chance to enjoy something good

M

to miss an opportunity

14 2.8

Fail to use a chance to do something you want

M

to miss the mark

14 5.5

Fail to do what you meant to do

M

to miss the bus

14 3.8

Fail to get on a bus before it leaves or lose an important chance

M

to miss a deadline

2 3.6

Fail to hand in work by the agreed time

M

to miss the memo

2 7.5

Do not know important information because you were not told

M

to miss a call

2 1.6

Fail to answer a phone call before it stops ringing

M

to miss a flight

1 2.7

To fail to get on a plane because you arrive late

M

to miss the update

3.3

Fail to get the latest information

G

to give a miss

• UK

7.3

Decide not to go to an event or activity

Compounds

N

near miss

14 3.7

A time when a crash nearly happens but is avoided

M

Miss Right

• Informal

3 6.7

A woman who is the perfect partner for a romantic relationship

H

hit-or-miss

• Informal

3 6.9

Sometimes works well and sometimes fails depending on luck

M

Miss Priss

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who cares too much about being proper and polite

I

inner Miss Piggy

• Informal

9.9

A confident, showy way of acting to feel bold and dramatic

How Observant

to spot

576 2.1

to see

∞ 1.0

to notice

∞ 1.0

to miss

518 1.7

Surface Forms

Etymology