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misses

/ˈmɪsɪz/
Meanings
  • verb

    not hitting or reaching something or someone

    - "John missed the ball by a mile."
    - "Despite her best efforts, she missed the bus."
    - "The arrow missed its mark by an inch."
Antonyms

collide , hit , impinge , run into , strike , feature , have
Synonyms

Mrs , Mrs.
Rhymes
Words rhyming with misses
misses , disses , possesses , progresses , persecutes , approaches , reaches , teaches , breeches , recesses
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. homs

  2. homes

  3. hames

  4. homos

  5. homies

  6. hominid

  7. homunculus

Variants
List of all variants of misses that leads to same result
miss , miss a beat , miss out on , miss the boat , missable , missed , missed a beat , missed out on , missed the boat , misses , misses a beat , misses out on , misses the boat , missing , missing a beat , missing out on , missing the boat , beat , beatless , beats , junior miss , junior misses , miss out , missed out , misses out , missing out , near miss , near misses , near-miss , near-misses
Forms
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The verb 'miss' can be conjugated in different forms based on tense and person. For example, the present tense forms of 'miss' are 'I miss', 'You miss', 'He/She/It misses'. The past tense forms of 'miss' are 'I missed', 'You missed', 'He/She/It missed'. The past participle forms of 'miss' are 'I have missed', 'You have missed', 'He/She/It has missed'. The present continuous forms of 'miss' are 'I am missing', 'You are missing', 'He/She/It is missing'. The present perfect continuous forms of 'miss' are 'I have been missing', 'You have been missing', 'He/She/It has been missing'. The past perfect continuous forms of 'miss' are 'I had been missing', 'You had been missing', 'He/She/It had been missing'. The future perfect continuous forms of 'miss' are 'I will have been missing', 'You will have been missing', 'He/She/It will have been missing'. The present perfect forms of 'miss' are 'I have missed', 'You have missed', 'He/She/It has missed'. The present perfect continuous forms of 'miss' are 'I have been missing', 'You have been missing', 'He/She/It has been missing'. The past perfect forms of 'miss' are 'I had missed', 'You had missed', 'He/She/It had missed'. The past perfect continuous forms of 'miss' are 'I had been missing', 'You had been missing', 'He/She/It had been missing'. The future perfect forms of 'miss' are 'I will have missed', 'You will have missed', 'He/She/It will have missed'. The present perfect forms of 'miss' can be used to describe a past action or experience that has ongoing relevance or impact in the present. For example, 'I have missed the bus many times, but I have learned to leave earlier to avoid missing it again'. Similarly, 'You have missed an important deadline, but you can still take steps to minimize the damage and make things right'. The present perfect continuous forms of 'miss' can be used to describe a past action or experience that has ongoing relevance or impact in the present, and that is still in progress or ongoing in the present. For example, 'I have been missing my best friend for weeks now, ever since she went abroad for a business trip. I have been feeling lonely and lost without her by my side. I have been trying to keep myself busy and distracted, but nothing seems to be able to fill the void that she has left behind. I have been counting down the days until she returns, and I can hardly wait to see her again and to be reunited with my best friend once more'. The past perfect forms of 'miss' can be used to describe a past action or experience that was completed before another past action or experience took place. For example, 'I had missed my train by a minute, but I was able to catch the next one an hour later'. The past perfect continuous forms of 'miss' can be used to describe a past action or experience that was ongoing or in progress before another past action or experience took place. For example, 'I had been missing my girlfriend for days on end, ever since she had gone abroad for a business trip. I had been feeling lonely and lost without her by my side. I had been trying to keep myself busy and distracted, but nothing seemed to be able to fill the void that she had left behind. I had been counting down the days until she returned, and I could hardly wait to see her again and to be reunited with my girlfriend once more'.

Etymology
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Old English myssan, from mys mistake, error

Trivia
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  1. 1. The word 'misses' comes from the Old English word 'myssan', which means 'to miss, to err, to fail'. 2. The past tense of the verb 'miss' is 'missed'. However, in some contexts, the past tense of 'miss' can also be 'missed' or 'misse' (as in the French language). 3. The word 'misses' can also be used as a verb, meaning 'to fail to hit or reach something or someone'. For example, 'John missed the bus by a minute'. 4. In the field of optics, the term 'misses' can also refer to a type of optical distortion or aberration, which occurs when the rays of light entering an optical system do not all intersect at the same point, resulting in a blurring or smearing of the image. 5. In music, a missed note is a note that is not played or sung correctly. 6. In art, a missed line or shape is a line or shape that is not drawn or painted correctly. 7. In literature, the word 'misses' can also refer to a person or thing that is missed or longed for, as in the phrase 'what we miss most about the old days'.

Culture
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["In literature, the word 'misses' can refer to an error or a failure to hit or reach a target. In music, a missed note is a note that is not played or sung correctly. In art, a missed line or shape is a line or shape that is not drawn or painted correctly. In general, the word 'misses' can be used to describe an error or a failure to hit or reach a target in various contexts."]

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