miss

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Antonyms 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Related terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 German 3.1 Verb 4 Old English 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 5 Swedish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪs/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɪs

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English missan.

[edit] Verb

to 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!

[edit] Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

[edit] Antonyms

• (to fail to hit): hit

[edit] Derived terms

• hit-and-miss
• miss a trick
• miss the mark
• miss the point
• miss the boat
• miss fire, misfire
• miss out
• near miss

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[edit] Noun

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.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From mistress.

[edit] Noun

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.

[edit] Related terms

• Miss
• missis, missus
• missy
• Mrs.
• Ms.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of imss
• isms
• sims, Sims, SIMS

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪs/

[edit] Noun

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.

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[edit] German

[edit] Verb

miss

1. second-person singular imperative form of messen

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Old English. Akin to Old English missan "to miss"

[edit] Noun

miss n.

1. loss; absence

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	miss	miss
accusative	miss	miss
genitive	misses	missa
dative	misse	missum

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for miss	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	miss	missen	missar	missarna
Possessive form	miss	missens	missars	missarnas

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

[edit] Synonyms

• (failure to hit): bom
• (mistake): misstag
• (beauty): skönhetsmiss