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miss

/mɪs/

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noun

A failure to hit.
A failure to obtain or accomplish.
An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).
"I think I’ll give the meeting a miss."
The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.

To fail to hit.
"I missed the target."
To fail to achieve or attain.
"to miss an opportunity"
To avoid; to escape.
"The car just missed hitting a passer-by."
To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
"I miss you! Come home soon!"
To fail to understand; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
"miss the joke"
To fail to attend.
"Joe missed the meeting this morning."
To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
"I missed the plane!"
To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
"The car is missing essential features."
(said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
"Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!"
To fail to score (a goal).
To go wrong; to err.
To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

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