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miss¹ Definition

miss (mis)

transitive verb

  1. to fail to hit or land on (something aimed at)
  2. to fail to meet, reach, attain, catch, accomplish, see, hear, perceive, understand, etc.
  3. to overlook; let (an opportunity, etc.) go by
  4. to escape; avoid he just missed being struck
  5. to fail or forget to do, keep, have, be present at, etc. to miss an appointment
  6. to notice the absence or loss of to suddenly miss one's wallet
  7. to feel or regret the absence or loss of; want to miss one's friends
  8. to be without; lack: now used only in present participle this book is missing a page

Etymology: ME missen < OE missan, akin to Ger missen < IE base *meit(h)-, to change, exchange > L mutare, to change

intransitive verb

  1. to fail to hit something aimed at; go wide of the mark
  2. to fail to be successful
  3. to misfire, as an engine
  4. Archaic to fail to obtain, receive, etc.: with of or in

noun

a failure to hit, meet, obtain, see, etc.

miss¹ Idioms

a miss is as good as a mile

missing by a narrow margin has the same practical effect as missing by a wide one

miss one's guess

to fail to guess or predict accurately

miss² Definition

miss (mis)

noun pl. miss′es

    1. a title used in speaking to or of an unmarried woman or girl and placed before the name Miss Smith, the Misses Smith
    2. a title used in speaking to an unmarried woman or girl but used without the name
    3. ☆ a title given to a young woman winning a particular beauty contest or promoting a particular product Miss Ohio, Miss Cotton
  2. a young, unmarried woman or girl
  3. a series of sizes in clothing for women and girls of average proportions coats in misses' sizes

Etymology: contr. of mistress

Miss Definition

Miss

Mississippi

miss Synonyms

miss

n.

  1. A failure

    slip, blunder, mishap; see error 1, mistake 2.

  2. A young woman

    lass, lassie, female; see girl 1.

  3. Title for a woman

    Ms., mistress*, mademoiselle (French), señorita (Spanish).

a miss is as good as a mile

err, miscalculate, misjudge; see mistake.

miss Synonyms

miss

v.

  1. To feel a want

    desire, crave, yearn; see need, want 1.

  2. To fail to catch

    snatch at, drop, fumble, bungle, muff*, goof*, butter a catch*, foozle*, blow*, have butterfingers*, juggle*, louse*, boot*.

    Antonyms catch*, grab, hold*.

  3. To fail to hit

    miss one's aim, miss the mark, be wide of the mark, overshoot, undershoot, go above, go below, go to the side, carve the breeze*, fan the air*.

    Antonyms hit*, shoot, get.

  4. To fail to use

    avoid, refrain, give up; see abstain.

miss Usage Examples

Object

  • deadline: Send them to the clerk, even if you have missed the deadline.
  • chance: Two minutes later, Hull missed a glorious chance to level.
  • opportunity: It would also miss the opportunity to aid the economy of the Thames Gateway growth area.
  • point: Harnad, by the way, misses the point of the Chinese Gym.
  • penalty: Matt Vaughan failed to convert having missed a penalty also, hitting the post 7 minutes earlier.
  • something: Only the hunt, always alone, always missing something.

Adjective modifier

  • near: This could of course be random chance, but then again the near misses do often seem to be of debatable status.

Adjective complement

  • most: Federer won the first and second sets I wrote too much on that last game, meaning I missed most of this one.

Modifying Another Word

  • sadly: To a dear friend, you are sadly missed.
  • narrowly: The weight caused the scaffold tripod to slip - heavy bits of metal narrowly missing the unloading team.
  • sorely: If Smith does go then on this showing he will be sorely missed.
  • greatly: Tony will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
  • near: Failure to follow correct phlebotomy protocols remains the major cause of " near miss " events.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • out: A brief rundown of work to date, probably missing out a few details.
  • off: Yeah, but she missed off the ' think tank ' business, and there was no sense of everyone talking over each other.

Used with why or when

  • when: This compares with 12 deaths and 26 people reported missing when a much weaker Michelle crossed Central America earlier.
  • which: The contents were itemized and checked against the official list ( as per above ), nothing was missing which was good news.
  • what: If you want to do it to get your own point accross, you´ve missed what Jesus was doing ).

Present participle complement

  • qualify: Our B team of Robert Gallon ( S5 ) and Michelle Allan ( S6 ) missed qualifying for the final by only one point.

Preposition: in

  • action: During this battle one US soldier was killed, 2 were missing in action and seven were wounded.
miss Quotes

Vous me manquez, je suis absente de moi-me"  me. I miss you, I am estranged from myself.

—Hugo,Victor Marie

  It cannot reasonably be doubted, but a little miss, dressed in a new gown for a dancing-school ball, receives as complete enjoyment as the greatest orator, who triumphs in the splendour of his eloquence, while he governs the passions and resolutions of a numerous assembly.

—Humboldt, Alexander, Baron von