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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

miss oneself en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (UK) To miss an enjoyable experience through not being in the right place at the right time.
    • Heh Willie, said a conductor, you missed yourself; best Meeting I've ever been at. 2012, James Kelman, The Busconductor Hines, →ISBN:
    • 'Shelly McCrindle? Did she go with yous?' Finn pursed her lips in surprise. 'Aye, You really missed yourself.' 2011, Alan Warner, The Stars in the Bright Sky, →ISBN, page 80:
    • 'You'll miss yourself. A walk about and a nice fish supper. If we get the sun it'll be lovely.' 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see miss, oneself.
    • If sugar turned bitter, he would miss the sweet. And if he someday turned old and mean, he would miss himself. 2013, Alan Dean Foster, Carnivores of Light and Darkness, →ISBN:
    • If you do not consent to detachment, God will miss his Godhead, and man will miss himself. 2011, Slavoj Žižek, John Milbank, Creston Davis, The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic?, →ISBN, page 35:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
misses oneself Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
missing oneself Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
missed oneself Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
missed oneself Tense=Past lexicographic