missed

«missed» in Mova's school dictionary: you did not hit or catch something: He missed the ball — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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.