miss
1. a young woman (Freq. 3)
- a young lady of 18
• Syn:
girl, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
• Derivationally related forms:
girlhood (for: girl)
• Hypernyms:
woman, adult female
• Hyponyms:
baby, babe, sister, belle, bimbo,
chachka, tsatske, tshatshke, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, chit,
colleen, dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick,
bird, flapper, gal, gamine, Gibson girl, lass,
lassie, young girl, jeune fille, maid, maiden, May queen,
queen of the May, mill-girl, party girl, peri, ring girl, rosebud,
sex kitten, sexpot, sex bomb, shop girl, soubrette, sweater girl,
tomboy, romp, hoyden, valley girl, working girl
2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
misfire
• Hypernyms:
failure
1. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind (Freq. 16)
- I missed that remark
- She missed his point
- We lost part of what he said
• Syn:
lose
• Hyponyms:
overlook
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. feel or suffer from the lack of (Freq. 13)
- He misses his mother
• Hypernyms:
desire, want
• Hyponyms:
regret
• Entailment:
repent, regret, rue
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They miss moving
3. fail to attend an event or activity (Freq. 9)
- I missed the concert
- He missed school for a week
• Ant:
attend
• Hypernyms:
fail, neglect
• Hyponyms:
cut, skip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. leave undone or leave out (Freq. 6)
- How could I miss that typo?
- The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
• Syn:
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, leave out,
overlook, overleap
• Ant:
attend to (for: neglect)
• Derivationally related forms:
omissible (for: omit), omissive (for: omit), omission (for: omit), pretermission (for: pretermit), neglect (for: neglect), neglecter (for: neglect)
• Hyponyms:
forget, jump, pass over, skip, skip over
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
5. fail to reach or get to (Freq. 5)
- She missed her train
• Hypernyms:
fail, go wrong, miscarry
• Entailment:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
6. be without (Freq. 4)
- This soup lacks salt
- There is something missing in my jewelry box!
• Syn:
lack
• Ant:
have
• Derivationally related forms:
lack (for: lack)
• Hyponyms:
want, exclude
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
7. fail to reach (Freq. 4)
- The arrow missed the target
• Ant:
hit
• Hyponyms:
overshoot, undershoot
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
8. be absent (Freq. 1)
- The child had been missing for a week
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
9. fail to experience
- Fortunately, I missed the hurricane
• Syn:
escape
• Derivationally related forms:
escape (for: escape)
• Hypernyms:
avoid
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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