miss
verb (used with object)
to fail to hit or strike.
have missed
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present perfectof miss.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If I only attended a concert when I had someone to go with, I would have missed out on far too much.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
But she seems to have missed the central joke: The first baseman’s name is actually Who.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Since 2021-22, Chelsea and United have finished out of the top six twice, while Spurs have missed out three times - twice finishing 17th.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
He seems to have missed the Bauhaus’s forced departure from Weimar in 1925, and the arrival that year of Hitler, recently out of prison after the failed Beer Hall Putsch in Munich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Transition to Asamando,” I automatically translate with a dry mouth before signing to Autumn about what she may have missed.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
