miss

English

/mɪs/

verb
Definitions
  • (ambitransitive) To fail to hit.
  • (transitive) To fail to achieve or attain.
  • (transitive) To avoid; to escape.
  • (transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
  • (transitive) To fail to understand; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
  • (transitive) To fail to attend.
  • (transitive) To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
  • (transitive) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
  • (poker) To fail to help the hand of a player.
  • (sports) To fail to score (a goal).
  • (intransitive) To go wrong; to err.
  • (intransitive) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English missen inherited from Old English missan (miss, escape the notice of a person) inherited from Proto-Germanic *missijaną (go wrong, miss, fail) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *meyt- (switch, exchange, replace, swap, change, trade).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*meyt-

Gloss

switch, exchange, replace, swap, change, trade

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

商, 貿

Emoji

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