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Synonyms for miss

fail to hit

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mishit

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fail to notice

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misunderstand

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long for

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  • long for
  • wish for
  • yearn for
  • want
  • need
  • hunger for
  • pine for
  • long to see
  • ache for
  • feel the loss of
  • regret the absence of

be late for

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  • be late for
  • fail to catch or get

not go to

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  • not go to
  • skip
  • cut
  • omit
  • be absent from
  • fail to attend
  • skive off
  • play truant from
  • bludge
  • absent yourself from

mishear

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miss something or someone out

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for miss

to go wrong, be unsuccessful, or fail to attain a goal

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to fail to take advantage of

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Synonyms for miss

a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

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a form of address for an unmarried woman

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fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

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feel or suffer from the lack of

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fail to attend an event or activity

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fail to reach or get to

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be without

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fail to experience

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This letter completed, Miss Pinkerton proceeded to write her own name, and Miss Sedley's, in the fly-leaf of a Johnson's Dictionary-- the interesting work which she invariably presented to her scholars, on their departure from the Mall.
Being commanded by her elder sister to get "the Dictionary" from the cupboard, Miss Jemima had extracted two copies of the book from the receptacle in question.
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'I beg your pardon,' faltered Miss Squeers; 'I thought my father was--or might be--dear me, how very awkward!'
'Do you know will he be long, sir?' asked Miss Squeers, with bashful hesitation.
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"Pray be silent, Agatha," said Miss Wilson severely.
"I didn't think there was any danger," said Miss Carpenter, struggling with her tears.
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Say I am seventeen, and say that seventeen is young for the eldest Miss Larkins, what of that?
I picture myself taking courage to make a declaration to Miss Larkins.
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"If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting both for us and for her."
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But Mr Cheggs came not alone or unsupported, for he prudently brought along with him his sister, Miss Cheggs, who making straight to Miss Sophy and taking her by both hands, and kissing her on both cheeks, hoped in an audible whisper that they had not come too early.
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"I'm not going to marry the best man in the world," retorted Miss Cornelia.
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MISS MOPPET ties up her head in a duster, and sits before the fire.
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The woman has spared Miss Emily the trouble of dismissing her." He briefly alluded to Mrs.
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Miss Pink's eyes dropped modestly to the ground--"fat" was such a coarse word to use, if a lady must speak of her own superfluous flesh!
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Miss Potterson read her newspaper with contracted brows, and took no notice until he whispered:
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