Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for miss

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

leave undone or leave out

The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

drop

Same sentence, swapped: The workers on the conveyor belt drop one out of ten.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for miss as it is used in the sentence above.

escape
lack
move

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

theorynounpossibilitya tentative insight into the natural worldFoothills thinkingnounthoughtthe process of using your mind to consider something carefullyFoothillsHas a reason line trialnounrunthe act of testing somethingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line trustnounfaithcomplete confidence in a person or plan etcFoothills2 senses compassnounreachthe limit of capabilityTreeline complexnouncompositea conceptual whole made up of complicated and related partsRidgelineHas a reason line comprehendverbdigget the meaning of somethingRidgeline addressnounspeechthe act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audienceFoothillsHas a reason line

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