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  • present tense form of miss (3rd person singular).
  • plural of miss.

misses





VERB
want; feel a loss
Synonyms
Antonyms


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That remained true despite the fact that she is a city person, prefers not to own a car, misses walking to work.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Otherwise, if Samantha Morton misses for ‘The Odyssey,’ we ride at dawn.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Unlike fiction, however, real-life justice sometimes misses its mark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Fernandes rarely misses a game but was left out of the recent Nations League encounter with Norway as national team boss Jorge Jesus said the former Sporting man was "playing through pain".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

I see now what I saw then, flashing by with the swift, deceptive ease of an accident: shower of gravel, windmilling arms, a hand that claws at a branch and misses.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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