miss
part of speech
verb (miss, misses, missed, missing); noun (a miss, misses; Miss — a title)
meaning for a pupil
1) To miss is to fail to hit, catch or reach something: «I missed the ball». tree →
2) To miss a bus, train or event is to be too late for it or not go. tree →
3) To miss someone is to feel sad because they are not with you. tree →
4) To miss something is to not see, hear or notice it. tree →
5) A miss is a failed try. tree →
6) Miss is a title for a girl or unmarried woman, and what children in the UK and Ireland call a female teacher. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school, «Miss!» is how many pupils call a woman teacher; «missed school» means you were absent. In maths, «missing number» puzzles ask you to find the number that fits: 5 + ? = 12, so the missing number is 12 − 5 = 7. In feelings lessons, missing someone is normal when they move or die. Phrases: «miss out» (not get a chance), «near miss» (almost an accident), «hit and miss» (sometimes good, sometimes not).
examples
- I missed the bus this morning. tree →
- He kicked the ball but missed the goal. tree →
- I miss my grandma who lives in Canada. tree →
- Don't miss the fireworks at nine! tree →
- You missed a word in that sentence. tree →
- Find the missing number: 3 + ? = 10. tree →
- Please, Miss, can I go to the toilet? tree →
- That was a near miss with the car. tree →
- This is what "Miss Sally" heard: tree →
note
Third person: misses (-es). «Missing» means lost or not there: «a missing cat». Title: «Miss Smith» (unmarried), «Mrs» (married), «Ms» (any woman). Do not confuse «missed» with «mist» (they sound the same).
In the corpora
- Some retired people miss the routine, their workmates and the feeling of being useful.
- Safe search is a setting that filters out adult results when you search, though it can miss some.
- Many parents work shifts and sometimes miss shows; it does not mean they do not care, and filming the show can help.
- Picture the first night: the puppy cries in the dark kitchen because it misses that warm pile.
- She calls it "a narrow escape", meaning a near miss with danger.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «miss» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.