[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/miss/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) / miss # miss verb (miss, misses, missed, missing); noun (a miss, misses; Miss — a title) «miss» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To miss is to fail to hit, catch or reach something: «I missed the ball». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m1) 2. To miss a bus, train or event is to be too late for it or not go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m2) 3. To miss someone is to feel sad because they are not with you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m3) 4. To miss something is to not see, hear or notice it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m4) 5. A miss is a failed try. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m5) 6. Miss is a title for a girl or unmarried woman, and what children in the UK and Ireland call a female teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#m6) ### In the lessons In school, «Miss!» is how many pupils call a woman teacher; «missed school» means you were absent. In maths, «missing number» puzzles ask you to find the number that fits: 5 + ? = 12, so the missing number is 12 − 5 = 7. In feelings lessons, missing someone is normal when they move or die. Phrases: «miss out» (not get a chance), «near miss» (almost an accident), «hit and miss» (sometimes good, sometimes not). ### Examples - I missed the bus this morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x1) - He kicked the ball but missed the goal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x2) - I miss my grandma who lives in Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x3) - Don't miss the fireworks at nine! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x4) - You missed a word in that sentence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x5) - Find the missing number: 3 + ? = 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x6) - Please, Miss, can I go to the toilet? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x7) - That was a near miss with the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x8) - This is what "Miss Sally" heard: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/#x9) ### Note Third person: misses (-es). «Missing» means lost or not there: «a missing cat». Title: «Miss Smith» (unmarried), «Mrs» (married), «Ms» (any woman). Do not confuse «missed» with «mist» (they sound the same). ## In Jewish tradition In school, «Miss!» is how many pupils call a woman teacher; «missed school» means you were absent. In maths, «missing number» puzzles ask you to find the number that fits: 5 + ? = 12, so the missing number is 12 − 5 = 7. In feelings lessons, missing someone is normal when they move or die. Phrases: «miss out» (not get a chance), «near miss» (almost an accident), «hit and miss» (sometimes good, sometimes not). ### Examples - Broyde, Miss Henrietta S z o 1 d, Prof. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miss/#x1) - And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing. (Writings JOB.5.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miss/#x2) - All this people, even seven hundred chosen men, were left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss. (Prophets JDG.20.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miss/#x3) - If thy father miss me at all, then say: David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family. (Prophets 1SA.20.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miss/#x4) ### Note Third person: misses (-es). «Missing» means lost or not there: «a missing cat». Title: «Miss Smith» (unmarried), «Mrs» (married), «Ms» (any woman). Do not confuse «missed» with «mist» (they sound the same). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «miss» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«miss» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/miss.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «miss» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miss/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«miss» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/miss.html) on Mova free.