miss

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See also mis-, miš, mis, Miss, miß, and MIS

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English missen, from Old English missan (“to miss, escape the notice of a person”), Proto-Germanic *missijaną (“to miss, go wrong, fail”), from Proto-Indo-European *meit- (“to change, exchange, trade”). Cognate with North Frisian missen (“to miss”), Dutch missen (“to miss”), German vermissen (“to do without, miss”), Swedish missa (“to miss”), Icelandic missa (“to lose”).

Verb[edit]

miss (third-person singular simple present misses, present participle missing, simple past and past participle missed)

  1. (transitive) To fail to hit.
    I missed the target.
  2. (transitive) To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret.
    I miss you!
  3. (transitive) To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception.
    miss the joke
  4. (transitive) To fail to attend.
    Joe missed the meeting this morning.
  5. (transitive) To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline etc).
    I missed the plane!
  6. (sports) To fail to score (a goal).
    • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, BBC Sport:
      Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.
Usage notes[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
to fail to hit
to feel the absence of someone or something
to avoid
to fail to understand
to fail to attend
to be late for something

Noun[edit]

miss (plural misses)

  1. A failure to hit.
  2. A failure to obtain or accomplish.
  3. An act of avoidance.
    I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.
Translations[edit]
a failure to hit
a failure to obtain or accomplish
an act of avoidance

Etymology 2[edit]

From mistress.

Noun[edit]

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Wikipedia miss (countable and uncountable; plural misses)

  1. A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
    You may sit here, miss.
    You may sit here, Miss Jones.
  2. An unmarried woman; a girl.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Miss — see Miss
unmarried woman

Anagrams[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English miss.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

miss f (plural missen, diminutive missje)

  1. A winner of a beauty contest.
    Annelien Coorevits was Miss België in 2007.
    Annelien Coorevits was Miss Belgium in 2007.
  2. A beauty.
  3. A girl with a high self-esteem.
    Dat is nogal een miss, hoor.
    She has some air.

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

miss

  1. second-person singular imperative form of messen

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *missą, *missijaz, *missō (“loss, want”), from Proto-Indo-European *meit- (“to change, replace”). Cognate with Old Norse missir, missa (“a loss”).

Noun[edit]

miss n

  1. loss; absence

Declension[edit]

    Declension of miss (strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative miss miss
accusative miss miss
genitive misses missa
dative misse missum

Related terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

miss c

  1. A failure to hit.
  2. A mistake.
  3. (rare) A beauty; a winner of a beauty contest.
    Miss Hawaii went on to win the Miss America contest

Synonyms[edit]

Declension[edit]

Declension of miss
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative miss missen missar missarna
genitive miss missens missars missarnas
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