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Miss

/mɪs/

A failure to hit.

📖 Definitions of "Miss"

noun
  1. 1

    A failure to hit.

  2. 2

    A failure to obtain or accomplish.

  3. 3

    An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).

    "I think I’ll give the meeting a miss."

  4. 4

    The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.

verb
  1. 1

    To fail to hit.

    "I missed the target."

  2. 2

    To fail to achieve or attain.

    "to miss an opportunity"

  3. 3

    To avoid; to escape.

    "The car just missed hitting a passer-by."

  4. 4

    To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.

    "I miss you! Come home soon!"

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