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/mɪs/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | miss |
| he/she/it | misses |
| present participle | missing |
| past tense | missed |
| past participle | missed |
We were late and missed the first part of the concert.
I had to miss a week of school.
We must have missed each other by about an hour.
I wouldn't miss the annual Christmas party for the world.
I missed most of what she said.
He caught most of the mistakes but missed a few.
Sue had missed the point entirely.
The house is next to the station – you can't miss it.
If I leave at eight, I miss the traffic.
The accused man narrowly missed a prison sentence.
This is the American English definition of miss. View British English definition of miss.
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