Used in a Sentence

miss

How to use miss in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for miss.

Editorial note

Your next mission is to figure out where the Caltrain platform is.

Examples11
Definitions12
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of miss gathered in one view.

noun

a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

noun

a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

noun

a form of address for an unmarried woman

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for miss.

noun

a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

noun

a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

noun

a form of address for an unmarried woman

verb

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"

verb

feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"

verb

fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"

verb

fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train"

verb

be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

verb

fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

verb

be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"

verb

fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"

Example sentences

1

Your next mission is to figure out where the Caltrain platform is.

2

There's no explanation as to why the canon ball missed.

3

And don’t miss the related work section at the end — there’s a ton of links there to inspiring work.

4

"We only get one chance at this life, and the thing that bothers me the most is, "What are you missing that you're too frugal to consider?

5

I'll miss the way he got up there each and every time like he was selling you your own personal Jesus in a box. Not out of hucksterism, but because he really was that excited to share what he and his people had been working on.

6

Sometimes better because we were not breaking ourselves trying to impress them with impossible deadlines that we would sometimes miss.

7

I may not be extravagant, but I don't want to miss any wonderful opportunity because I was too worried about my bank balance.

8

There's been times when I didn't have time to catch my flight, or my stress levels were bordering on unmanageable, or I didn't want to miss that wedding at any cost.

9

One day a flood comes tearing through your house, or your hard drive fails, or you miss a credit card payment, and if you've wired your brain to only be happy in the environment you created, you are going to have a breakdown.

10

From controversial metrics in our S1 to our material weakness to two quarters of missing our own expectations and a stock price thats hovering around one quarter of our listing price, the events of the last year and a half speak for themselves.

11

By plagiarizing papers and programs, students completely miss the point of the exercise -- to learn to think!Indian colleges are by and large failing this primary responsibility of education, and their students suffer as a result.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use miss in a sentence?

Your next mission is to figure out where the Caltrain platform is.

What does miss mean?

a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

What part of speech is miss?

miss is commonly used as noun, verb.