miss

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noun

Miss is used after these nouns: ↑penalty

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verb

1 not hit/catch/reach sth

ADVERB

▪ completely

▪ barely, just, narrowly, nearly

▪

The plane crashed, narrowly missing a hotel.

▪ somehow

▪

The bullet somehow missed his heart.

▪ badly

▪

She attempted to hit the ball but missed badly.

PREPOSITION

▪ by

▪

The bullet missed his head by only a few inches.

2 not hear/see/understand

ADVERB

▪ completely

▪

He completely missed the point of what I was saying.

▪ easily

VERB + MISS

▪ cannot

▪

The station is just down this road on the left. You can't miss it.

3 feel sad because sb is not with you

ADVERB

▪ badly, dearly, desperately, dreadfully (esp. BrE), a lot, really, terribly, truly, very much

▪

Your father misses you terribly.

▪

I still miss her a lot.

▪

We really miss you!

PHRASES

▪ be greatly missed, be sadly missed, be sorely missed

▪

Anne will be sadly missed by all who knew her.

Miss is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑arrow, ↑bullet, ↑missile, ↑shot

Miss is used with these nouns as the object: ↑appointment, ↑ball, ↑boat, ↑bus, ↑call, ↑catch, ↑chance, ↑class, ↑clue, ↑connection, ↑corner, ↑cue, ↑curfew, ↑deadline, ↑episode, ↑essence, ↑flight, ↑footing, ↑joke, ↑lecture, ↑lesson, ↑line, ↑luxury, ↑mark, ↑meet, ↑opportunity, ↑penalty, ↑period, ↑pitch, ↑plane, ↑point, ↑session, ↑shot, ↑sign, ↑smash, ↑stop, ↑tackle, ↑target, ↑thing, ↑train, ↑tram, ↑turn, ↑turn-off, ↑turning, ↑tutorial, ↑vocation, ↑workout