Definitions for MISS
mɪsmiss

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fillenoun

   a young woman

   "a young lady of 18"

2. miss, misfirenoun

   a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

3. Missverb

   a form of address for an unmarried woman

4. miss, loseverb

   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. missverb

   feel or suffer from the lack of

   "He misses his mother"

6. missverb

   fail to attend an event or activity

   "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"

7. neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleapverb

   leave undone or leave out

   "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

8. missverb

   fail to reach or get to

   "She missed her train"

9. miss, lackverb

   be without

   "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

10. missverb

    fail to reach

    "The arrow missed the target"

11. missverb

    be absent

    "The child had been missing for a week"

12. miss, escapeverb

    fail to experience

    "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Missnoun

   Form of address for an unmarried woman.

2. Missnoun

   Form of address for a teacher or a waitress.

   Excuse me Miss, Donny's been pinching my pencils again.

3. Etymology: From mistress.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Missnoun

   Etymology: contracted from mistress. Bailey.

   1. The term of honour to a young girl.

   Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are great impediments to the diversions of the servants. Jonathan Swift.

   2. A strumpet; a concubine; a whore; a prostitute.

   All women would be of one piece,
   The virtuous matron and the miss. Hudibras, p. iii.

   This gentle cock, for solace of his life,
   Six misses had besides his lawful wife. Dryden.

2. Missnoun

   Etymology: contracted from mistress. Nathan Bailey.

   1. Loss; want.

   In humble dales is footing fast,
   The trode is not so tickle,
   And though one fall through heedless haste,
   Yet is his misse not mickle. Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.

   I could have better spar’d a better man.
   Oh, I should have a heavy miss of thee,
   If I were much in love with vanity. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   If these papers have that evidence in them, there will be no great miss of those which are lost, and my reader may be satisfied without them. John Locke.

   2. Mistake; errour.

   He did without any great miss in the hardest points of grammar. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.

3. To Missverb

   Missed preter. mist part.

   Etymology: missen, Dutch and German.

   1. Not to hit by the mind; to mistake.

   Nor can I miss the way, so strongly drawn
   By this new-felt attraction, and instinct. John Milton.

   2. Not to hit by manual aim.

   The life you boasted to your jav’lin giv’n,
   Prince, you have miss’d. Alexander Pope.

   3. To fail of obtaining.

   If she desired above all things to have Orgalus, Orgalus feared nothing but to miss Parthenia. Philip Sidney.

   So may I, blind fortune leading me,
   Miss that, which one unworthier may attain;
   And die with grieving. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   Where shall a maid’s distracted heart find rest,
   If she can miss it in her lover’s breast? Dryden.

   When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right. John Locke.

   4. To discover something to be unexpectedly wanting.

   Without him I found a weakness, and a mistrustfulness of myself, as one strayed from his best strength, when at any time I missed him. Philip Sidney.

   In vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed. 1 Sam. xxv. 21.

   5. To be without.

   We cannot miss him; he does make our fire,
   Fetch in our wood. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   6. To omit.

   She would never miss one day,
   A walk so fine, a sight so gay. Matthew Prior.

   7. To perceive want of.

   My redoubl’d love and care,
   May ever tend about thee to old age
   With all things grateful chear’d, and so supply’d,
   That what by me thou hast lost thou least shalt miss. John Milton.

   He who has a firm, sincere friend, may want all the rest without missing them. Robert South, Sermons.

4. To Missverb

   1. To fly wide; not to hit.

   Flying bullets now
   To execute his rage, appear too slow,
   They miss or sweep but common souls away. Edmund Waller.

   2. Not to succeed.

   The general root of superstition is, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other. Francis Bacon.

   3. To fail; to mistake.4. To be lost; to be wanting.

   My lord,
   Upon my lady’s missing, came to me
   With his sword drawn. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Thy shepherds we hurt not, neither was there ought missing unto them. 1 Sam. xxv. 7.

   For a time caught up to God, as once
   Moses was in the mount, and missing long,
   And the great Thisbite, who on fiery wheels
   Rode up to heaven, yet once again to come. John Milton, Par. R.

   5. To miscarry; to fail.

   Th’ invention all admir’d, and each, how he
   To be th’ inventor miss’d, so easy it seem’d,
   Once found, which yet unfound most would have thought
   Impossible. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. v.

   6. To fail to obtain, learn, or find: sometimes with of before the object.

   Grittus missing of the Moldavian fell upon Maylat. Richard Knolles.

   The moral and relative perfections of the Deity are easy to be understood by us; upon the least reflection we cannot miss of them. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Miss

   Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific traditionally used only for an unmarried woman (not using another title such as "Doctor" or "Dame"). Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of mistress, which was used for all women. A period is not used to signify the contraction. Its counterparts are Mrs., usually used only for married women, and Ms., which can be used for married or unmarried women. The plural Misses may be used, such as in The Misses Doe. The traditional French "Mademoiselle" (abbreviation "Mlle") may also be used as the plural in English language conversation or correspondence. In Australian, British, and Irish schools the term miss is used interchangeably with female teacher.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Missnoun

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

2. Missnoun

   a young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen

3. Missnoun

   a kept mistress. See Mistress, 4

4. Missnoun

   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. Missverb

   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

6. Missverb

   to omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons

7. Missverb

   to discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want

8. Missverb

   to fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction

9. Missverb

   to fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of

10. Missverb

    to go wrong; to err

11. Missverb

    to be absent, deficient, or wanting

12. Missnoun

    the act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc

13. Missnoun

    loss; want; felt absence

14. Missnoun

    mistake; error; fault

15. Missnoun

    harm from mistake

16. Etymology: [Contr. fr. mistress.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Miss

   Miss is an English language honorific traditionally used only for an unmarried woman. Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of mistress, which was used for all women. A period is not used to signify the contraction. Its counterparts are Mrs., usually used only for married women, and Ms., which can be used for married or unmarried women. The plural Misses may be used, such as in The Misses Doe. The traditional French "Mesdemoiselles" may also be used as the plural in English language conversation or correspondence.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Miss

   mis, n. a title of address of an unmarried female: a young woman or girl: (obs.) a kept mistress:—pl. Miss′es—either the 'Miss Hepburns' or the 'Misses Hepburn' may be said, but the latter is preferable.—n. Miss′-Nan′cy, a very effeminate young man. [Contr. of mistress.]

2. Miss

   mis, v.t. to fail to hit, reach, find, or keep: to omit: to fail to have: to discover the absence of: to feel the want of: to fail to observe: to leave out.—v.i. to fail to hit or obtain: to go wrong.—n. a failure to hit the mark: loss.—Miss fire, to fail to go off or explode from some cause; Miss one's tip (slang), to fail in one's plan or attempt; Miss stays (naut.), to fail in going about from one tack to another. [A.S. missan; Dut. missen, to miss.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. miss

   To fail to hit; to fly wide; as, the bullet missed its mark.

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1. MISS

   What does MISS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MISS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Miss

   Miss vs. Missing -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Miss and Missing.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MISS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miss is ranked #108199 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Miss surname appeared 164 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Miss.
   
   79.2% or 130 total occurrences were White.
   11.5% or 19 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   5.4% or 9 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Avoid
   • Desire
   • Fail

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'MISS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3410

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'MISS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1052

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'MISS' in Nouns Frequency: #497

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'MISS' in Verbs Frequency: #212

Anagrams for MISS »

1. isms

2. sims

3. Sims

4. SIMS

How to pronounce MISS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say MISS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of MISS in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of MISS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of MISS in a Sentence

1. Edna St. Vincent Millay:

   Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell.

2. Lars Christian Moller:

   International experience would suggest that if you were to open, you would get lower prices, higher quality and better coverage, then there is the dynamism of start-ups - that kind of dynamism you might miss out on.

3. Barack Obama:

   This is what’s at stake today, and this moment may not come again soon. I believe that our nations have an historic opportunity to resolve this issue peacefully - an opportunity we should not miss.

4. Scott Kelly:

   The weather, of course. The rain, the sun, the wind, and then I miss people... that are important to you, you know, your family, your friends.

5. Raphael Brun-Aguerre:

   Inflation in the second half of the year will probably be higher than what the ECB expects. Does that remove some incentive (to ease policy) in the short term? Maybe to some extent, but this inflation trajectory doesn't change much what's going to happen in 2017 and 2018. If they have the belief that they're going to miss on the inflation target in two years' time, that creates a problem.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=MISS
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Miss
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=MISS
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MISS
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=MISS
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=MISS
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html