MISS


Meaning of MISS in English

I.

noun

Miss is used after these nouns: ↑ penalty

II.

verb

1 not hit/catch/reach sth

ADVERB

▪ completely

▪ barely , just , narrowly , nearly

The plane crashed, narrowly ~ing a hotel.

▪ somehow

The bullet somehow ~ed his heart.

▪ badly

She attempted to hit the ball but ~ed badly.

PREPOSITION

▪ by

The bullet ~ed his head by only a few inches.

2 not hear/see/understand

ADVERB

▪ completely

He completely ~ed the point of what I was saying.

▪ easily

VERB + MISS

▪ cannot

The station is just down this road on the left. You can't ~ 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 ~es you terribly.

I still ~ her a lot.

We really ~ you!

PHRASES

▪ be greatly ~ed , be sadly ~ed , be sorely ~ed

Anne will be sadly ~ed 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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .