1. Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
   "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point";
   - lose
    
2. Feel or suffer from the lack of
   "He misses his mother"
    
3. Fail to attend an event or activity
   "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
    
4. Leave undone or leave out
   "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten";
   - neglect, pretermit [archaic], omit, drop, leave out, overlook, overleap [archaic]
    
5. Fail to hit
   "The arrow missed the target"
    
6. Fail to reach or get to on time
   "She missed her train"
    
7. Be without
   "There is something missing in my jewellery box!";
   - lack
    
8. Be absent
   "The child had been missing for a week"
    
9. Fail to experience
   "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane";
   - escape

1. A young girl or woman, often used as a form of address
   "a miss of 18";
   - girl, missy [informal], young lady, young woman, fille
    
2. A failure to hit (or meet or find etc.)
   "The archer's miss cost the team the match";
   - misfire

1. A state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
   - Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS

1. A form of address for an unmarried woman

Derived forms: missed, Misses, missing, misses

Type of: act, adult female, American state, avoid, be, desire, exist, fail, failure, form of address, go wrong, miscarry, move, neglect, title, title of respect, want, woman

Antonym: attend, feature, strike

Part of: America, Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Deep South, Dixie, Dixieland, Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf States, 'Merica, South, Southern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

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