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 Definitions of MISS  [ɪs]  

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Definition of 'MISS' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) miss
to fail to hit or strike.

2.  miss
to fail to encounter, meet, catch, etc.:
to miss a train.

3.  miss
to fail to take advantage of:
to miss a chance.

4.  miss
to fail to be present at or for:
to miss a day of school.

5.  miss
to notice the absence or loss of:
When did you first miss your wallet?

6.  miss
to regret the absence or loss of:
I miss you all dreadfully.

7.  miss
to escape or avoid:
He just missed being caught.

8.  miss
to fail to perceive or understand:
to miss the point of a remark.

9.  miss
to omit; leave out.

10. (v.i.) miss
to fail to hit something.

11.  miss
to fail; be unsuccessful.

12.  miss
to misfire.

13. (n.) miss
a failure to hit something.

14.  miss
a failure of any kind.

15.  miss
misfire.

16. (n.) miss
(cap.) a title of respect prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman:
Miss Mary Jones.

17.  miss
(used by itself as a term of address to a young woman):
Miss, please bring me some ketchup.

18.  miss
(cap.) a title prefixed to the name of something that a young woman has been selected to represent:
Miss Sweden.

19.  miss
(cap.) a title prefixed to a mock surname that is used to represent possession of a particular attribute, identity, etc.:
Miss Congeniality.

20.  miss
a young unmarried woman; girl.

21.  miss
misses,

22.  miss
a range of sizes, chiefly from 6 to 20, for garments that fit women of average height and build.

23.  miss
a garment in this size range.

Etymology:  (1600–10; short for mistress)

Definition of 'MISS' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
a young woman
"a young lady of 18"

2. (noun) miss, misfire
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

3. (verb) Miss
a form of address for an unmarried woman

4. (verb) miss, lose
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
"I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"

5. (verb) miss
feel or suffer from the lack of
"He misses his mother"

6. (verb) miss
fail to attend an event or activity
"I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"

7. (verb) neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

8. (verb) miss
fail to reach or get to
"She missed her train"

9. (verb) miss, lack
be without
"This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

10. (verb) miss
fail to reach
"The arrow missed the target"

11. (verb) miss
be absent
"The child had been missing for a week"

12. (verb) miss, escape
fail to experience
"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"


Definition of 'MISS' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) miss
to feel sad because sb is away or because you cannot do sth you used to do
She misses her dad when he travels.; I miss playing in the snow.

2.  miss
to not hit, catch, kick, etc.
He swung at the ball and missed (it).

3.  miss
≠ hit
The bombs missed the factory.; He aimed a kick at the goal and missed.

4.  miss
to not hear, see, or understand
Excuse me? I missed what you just said.; I think your missing the point of the story.

5.  miss
miss the point
to arrive too late
Hurry or we'll miss our flight.

6.  miss
to not go to an event
I missed the first class.; It'll be a great night - don't miss it.

7.  miss
miss a chance/opportunity
to not take an opportunity
Don't miss your chance to win great prizes!

8.  miss
Miss
used before the name of an unmarried woman
I'd like to welcome Miss Britta Sorenson.

9.  miss
used to address a young woman you do not know
Excuse me, miss, you forgot your bag.


Definition of 'MISS' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) MISS
a title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5

2. (noun) MISS
a young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen

3. (noun) MISS
a kept mistress. See Mistress, 4

4. (noun) MISS
in the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player

5. (noun) MISS
the act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc

6. (noun) MISS
loss; want; felt absence

7. (noun) MISS
mistake; error; fault

8. (noun) MISS
harm from mistake

9. (verb) MISS
to fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said

10. (verb) MISS
to omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons

11. (verb) MISS
to discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want

12. (verb) MISS
to fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction

13. (verb) MISS
to fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of

14. (verb) MISS
to go wrong; to err

15. (verb) MISS
to be absent, deficient, or wanting


Translation of 'MISS' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a polite title given to an unmarried female, either in writing or in speech
Miss Wilson; the Misses Wilson; Could you ask Miss Smith to type this letter?; Excuse me, miss. Could you tell me how to get to Princess Road?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: Mejuffrou Arabic flag Arabic: آنِسَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: госпожица
Brazilian flag Brazilian: Senhorita Czech flag Czech: slečna German flag German: das Fräulein
Danish flag Danish: frøken Greek flag Greek: δεσποινίς Spanish flag Spanish: señorita
Estonian flag Estonian: preili Farsi flag Farsi: دوشیزه Finnish flag Finnish: neiti
French flag French: Mademoiselle Hebrew flag Hebrew: הָעַלמָה Hindi flag Hindi: लड़कियों का संबोधन
Croatian flag Croatian: gospođica Hungarian flag Hungarian: kisasszony Indonesian flag Indonesian: Nona
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ungfrú Italian flag Italian: signorina Japanese flag Japanese: ~嬢
Korean flag Korean: ...양 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: mis, panelė Latvian flag Latvian: mis, jaunkundze
Malay flag Malay: Cik Dutch flag Dutch: juffrouw Norwegian flag Norwegian: frøken
Polish flag Polish: panna Persian flag Persian: دوشیزه Pashto flag Pashto: پيغله
Portuguese flag Portuguese: menina Romanian flag Romanian: domnişoară Russian flag Russian: мисс
Slovak flag Slovak: slečna Slovenian flag Slovenian: gospodična Serbian flag Serbian: gospođica
Swedish flag Swedish: fröken Thai flag Thai: คำเรียกนำหน้าหญิงสาวที่ยั Turkish flag Turkish: bayan, hanım
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 小姐 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: міс, панна Urdu flag Urdu: غیر شادی شدہ عورت کا لقب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cô gái Chinese flag Chinese: 小姐

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