missed
part of speech
verb (past and past participle of miss: miss, misses, missed, missing)
meaning for a pupil
1) Missed means you did not hit or catch something: He missed the ball. tree →
2) Missed means you were too late for something: I missed the bus. tree →
3) Missed means you felt sad because someone or something was not there: I missed my mum. tree →
4) Missed means you did not see, hear or notice something, or you did not go to it: I missed the start of the film. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means "found to be absent," or "lost, taken away." David's seat would be empty, and the sheep were not lost. Interpretation: Jonathan's words about the empty seat are read as part of the plan to learn whether Saul meant to harm David. In the primary lessons: In stories, «missed» can show a near escape (the arrow missed him) or sadness (she missed home). In maths: «missed 3 questions» means got 3 wrong or left them out; 20 questions with 3 missed means 17 right. In everyday life: missed school, a missed call. Phrases: missed out, missed the point, just missed, missed call.
examples
- And Jonathan said unto him: 'To-morrow is the new moon; and thou wilt be missed, thy seat will be empty. (Prophets 1SA.20.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields; (Prophets 1SA.25.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now David had said: 'Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath returned me evil for good. (Prophets 1SA.25.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- I missed the bus and walked to school. tree →
- The ball missed the goal. tree →
- I missed you when you were on holiday! tree →
- She missed two days of school because she was ill. tree →
- He missed the last question. tree →
- You missed a spot when you were cleaning. tree →
- The arrow just missed the target. tree →
- I had a missed call from Dad. tree →
- But the geese missed their master at once. tree →
note
Pronounced «mist»: missed and mist are homophones. Do not confuse with «mist» (thin fog). «Missed out» means did not get a chance to do something. Maths: score = total – missed.
In the corpora
- The Mole «missed the surface altogether»; he grabbed the side of the boat, «and the next moment—Sploosh!
- And mistakes like reading «shop» as «sop» are normal: the child read the s and missed its partner h.
- "An oversight" means a mistake caused by carelessness, something someone forgot or missed.
- Never run, push or play on stairs: going fast means a missed step turns into a tumble down many steps.
- One bad mark does not decide who you are; look at what you missed and ask for help.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «missed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.