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miss to fail to hit, reach, or contact The first known use: before the 12th century |
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4 Letters, 1 Syllable |
miss |
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3 Phonemes |
m i s |
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onset, rime |
m iss |
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Morpheme |
miss |
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Sentence Examples He swung and missed the ball completely. The shot missed the goal by inches. The batter swung and missed. She took three shots and missed every time. I would hate to miss this opportunity. She could have joined us, but she missed her chance. They missed a payment on their car loan. He was in such a hurry that he missed breakfast. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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