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missed (MIST) (verb)
1. To have failed to make contact with someone or to hit something aimed at: When Jeremy telephoned, he was told that he just missed the person with whom he wanted to talk.
3. To have noticed or to have felt the absence of someone or something: When Goldie reread her essay, she realized that she had missed several key points.
4. To have failed in participating in or attending something: Randy missed several lectures this year due to illness.
Eugenia missed hitting the fly with the swatter.
2. To have avoided something: Todd just missed being hit by the bicycle in the intersection.3. To have noticed or to have felt the absence of someone or something: When Goldie reread her essay, she realized that she had missed several key points.
4. To have failed in participating in or attending something: Randy missed several lectures this year due to illness.
mist (MIST) (noun)
A large mass of vapor at or just above the earth's surface like fog, but less dense: There was a fine mist in the valley that obscured Ingrid's view from the hillside.
mist (MIST) (verb)
To dim, to cloud, or to obscure: Time has a tendency to mist our memories.
The cloud of very fine drops of water didn't get Carlos wet because the mist missed his area.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group M; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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