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To fail to hit.

Example: I missed the target.

To fail to achieve or attain.

Example: to miss an opportunity

To avoid; to escape.

Example: 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.

Example: I miss you! Come home soon!

A value that is missing.

Not able to be located; gone, misplaced.

Example: my missing socks

Not present when it (they) should be.

Example: Joe went missing last year.

Of an internal combustion engine: running roughly due to an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault.