VERB | perception | miss, lose | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind |
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emotion | miss | feel or suffer from the lack of | |
stative | miss | fail to attend an event or activity | |
cognition | miss, neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, leave out, overlook, overleap | leave undone or leave out | |
motion | miss | fail to reach or get to | |
stative | miss, lack | be without | |
contact | miss | fail to reach | |
stative | miss | be absent | |
communication | miss, escape | fail to experience | |
NOUN | person | miss, girl, missy, young lady, young woman, fille | a young woman |
event | miss, misfire | a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) | |
communication | Miss | a form of address for an unmarried woman |
Sounds | mih's | |
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Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... |
Meaning | A failure to hit (or meet or find etc). | |
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Synonym | misfire | |
Broader | failure | An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose |
Spanish | desacierto, fallo, olvido, yerro | |
Verbs | miss | fail to reach |
miss | fail to reach or get to |
Meaning | A form of address for an unmarried woman. | |
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Broader | title, title of respect, form of address | An identifying appellation signifying status or function |
Spanish | pn000, señorita | |
Catalan | pn000, senyoreta |
Meaning | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
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Synonym | lose | |
Narrower | overlook | look past, fail to notice |
Spanish | escaparse, perder | |
Catalan | escapar-se, perdre |
Meaning | Feel or suffer from the lack of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They miss moving | |
Example | "He misses his mother" | |
Entails | repent, regret, rue | Feel remorse for |
Narrower | regret | Feel sad about the loss or absence of |
Broader | desire, want | Feel or have a desire for |
Spanish | añorar, echar de menos, extrañar | |
Catalan | enyorar, perdre, sentir enyorança de, trobar a faltar |
Meaning | fail to attend an event or activity. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
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Narrower | cut, skip | intentionally fail to attend |
Broader | fail, neglect | fail to do something |
Opposite | attend, go to | Be present at (meetings, church services, university) , etc. |
Spanish | perderse |
Meaning | Leave undone or leave out. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, leave out, overlook, overleap | |
Narrower | forget | forget to do something |
jump, pass over, skip, skip over | Bypass | |
Opposite | attend to, take to heart | get down to |
Spanish | omitir | |
Catalan | ometre |
Meaning | fail to reach or get to. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "She missed her train" | |
Entails | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Broader | fail, go wrong, miscarry | Be unsuccessful |
Spanish | perder | |
Nouns | miss | a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) |
Meaning | Be without. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" | |
Synonym | lack | |
Narrower | exclude | lack or fail to include |
want | Be without, lack | |
Opposite | have, feature | Have as a feature |
Spanish | carecer de, carecer, fallir, faltar | |
Catalan | faltar, mancar, no tenir |
Meaning | fail to reach. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The arrow missed the target" | |
Narrower | overshoot | Shoot beyond or over (a target) |
undershoot | Shoot short of or below (a target) | |
Opposite | hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with | hit against |
Spanish | errar, fallar | |
Catalan | errar, fallar | |
Nouns | miss | a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) |
Meaning | Be absent. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Example | "The child had been missing for a week" | |
Spanish | ausentarse | |
Catalan | absentar-se |
Meaning | fail to experience. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" | |
Synonym | escape | |
Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
Spanish | echar de menos, escaparse, escapar, perderse | |
Catalan | anar-se'n, escapar, escapolir-se, evadir-se, fugir, marxar, tocar el dos |
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