verb

miss

Translation

to feel sad about someone's absence, to fail to catch, to fail to hit, to fail to attend

I miss my family.

Hurry, or you'll miss the train.

He threw the ball but missed.

((sb./sth.)) to feel sad about the absence of (sb./sth.) I miss my old friends.

((sth.)) to fail to be present for (sth.) She missed the last bus home.

((sth.)) to fail to hit (sth.) The archer missed the target.

Synonyms: long for, fail to catch; Antonyms: hit, catch, attend

From Old English 'missan', meaning 'to fail to hit, to lose'.

Imagine you 'miss' giving a 'kiss' to someone leaving on a train. You feel sad and you failed to connect.