to miss

Examples

• All

• I miss you, I miss you so much.

• I really miss my grandmother; she always brought me joy.

• Mom, mom, I miss you so much.

  Carli Bybel

• I, I love and miss my baby son so much.

  Anything Goes With James English

• Yeah, even closer, I think, because I just miss them so much.

• Every day, I miss the way he looked at me.

  Fall (2022)

• Yeah, we all miss Storm, mate.

  Jack Be Nimble (2022)

• Joey, if you're watching this, I miss you so much.

• Oh, you're going to miss me when I'm gone.

• I really miss her.

  Back to Black (2024)

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 Much

to pine for

17 6.7

to yearn

92 4.9

to long

114 4.5

to miss

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology