miss
gb/mˈɪs/ us/mˈɪs/
A1
Engleză
~ 1000
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Verb
A2
action
1
Fail to notice or experience
To not see, hear, or be at something.
Tipar de utilizare:
to miss [something]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse 'miss' with 'lose', but 'lose' means you no longer have something; 'miss' means you did not experience it.
Sinonime
overlook (Implies failing to notice something, often unintentionally.)
Antonime
catch (To manage to see, hear, or attend something.)
Colocații
miss a class
|miss the bus
|miss an opportunity
|miss a call
|miss a meeting
Teme
daily life
|communication
|events
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- I missed the bus this morning because I woke up late.
- You missed a great concert last night.
- She missed his speech because she was on the phone.
- He missed the chance to apply for the scholarship.
- We missed the first ten minutes of the movie.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- I missed the bus.
- She missed the meeting.
- We missed the show.
- He missed the call.
Verb
A2
action
2
Feel sad about absence
To feel unhappy because someone or something is not with you.
Tipar de utilizare:
to miss [someone/something]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes use 'miss' for future events ('I will miss you tomorrow' is correct only if you mean they will be absent).
Sinonime
long for (Carries a stronger emotional or romantic tone than 'miss'.)
Antonime
enjoy absence (To be glad that someone or something is not present.)
Colocații
miss you
|miss home
|miss my friends
|miss her smile
Teme
emotions
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- I miss my family when I travel for work.
- She misses her hometown after moving abroad.
- He misses his dog while he's at college.
- I really miss talking to you every day.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- I miss my mother.
- She misses her cat.
- He misses his old school.
Verb
A2
action
3
Fail to hit a target
To not hit or catch something you try to hit or catch.
Tipar de utilizare:
to miss [something]
Sinonime
misfire (In shooting contexts, it means the weapon fails to discharge properly.)
Antonime
hit (To strike successfully what you aimed at.)
Colocații
miss the target
|miss a shot
|miss the ball
Teme
sports
|hunting
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- He missed the target by several inches.
- I swung at the ball but missed.
- She threw the dart and missed completely.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- He missed the ball.
- I missed the goal.
- She missed the shot.
Substantiv
A1
entity
4
Title for unmarried woman/girl
A word used before the name of a girl or unmarried woman.
Sinonime
Ms. ('Ms.' is neutral about marital status and more common in formal writing today.)
Colocații
Miss Smith
|Miss Johnson
Teme
social forms
|communication
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- Miss Brown will be your teacher this year.
- Please give this letter to Miss Davis.
- Miss Thompson is waiting in the lobby.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- Miss Lee is my teacher.
- I saw Miss Kim yesterday.
- Miss Jones is very kind.
Substantiv
B1
event
5
Failure to hit a target
When you try but do not hit or reach something.
Sinonime
failure (General term for lack of success; not specific to hitting a target.)
Antonime
hit (A successful strike on a target.)
Colocații
a near miss
Teme
sports
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- The shot was a complete miss.
- It was almost a goal, but just a miss.
- The arrow was a near miss.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The ball was a miss.
- It was a near miss.
- That shot was a miss.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
miss
IPA
GB/mˈɪs/
US/mˈɪs/
Silabe și accent
miss (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (miss)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: miss
- Plural: misses
Verb
- Base: miss
- 3rd Person Singular: misses
- Present Participle: missing
- Past: missed
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
misses
noun
missing
verb
missed
verb
Related words
missable
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
unmissable
adjective
Expresii
miss out on
1/mˈɪs ˈaʊt ˈɔn/
phrasal verb
Fail to experience opportunity
To not get the chance to do or have something good.
Exemple
- If you don't buy tickets now, you'll miss out on the show.
- She missed out on a promotion because she didn't apply in time.
miss the point
1/mˈɪs ðə pˈɔɪnt/
idiom
Fail to understand main meaning
To not understand the most important idea of what someone says or does.
Exemple
- I think you're missing the point of my argument.
- He missed the point and started talking about something else.
miss your chance
1/mˈɪs jˈʊɹ t͡ʃˈæns/
fixed phrase
Fail to take an opportunity
To not do something when you have the chance to do it.
Exemple
- If you don't act now, you'll miss your chance to win.
- She missed her chance to study abroad.
you'll be missed
1/jˈul bˈi mˈɪst/
fixed phrase
Others will feel your absence
People will be sad when you are gone.
Exemple
- Goodbye, John. You'll be missed by all of us here.
- You'll be missed when you move away.
near miss
4/nˈɪɹ mˈɪs/
fixed phrase
Event narrowly avoiding danger or failure
An event where something bad almost happened but did not.
Exemple
- The two cars almost crashed—it was a near miss.
- The two planes had a near miss over the city.
- That was a near miss; the ball nearly broke the window.
- It was a near miss when he almost slipped off the ladder.