A form of address for an unmarried woman
A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See
Noun
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Noun
a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
Verb
leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Verb
fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
Verb
fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"
Verb
feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"
Verb
fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train"
Verb
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"
Verb
fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
Verb
be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"
Verb
be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"
n.
A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman
who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
n.
A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of
sixteen.
n.
A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.
n.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to
dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
v. t.
To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want
of; to mourn the loss of; to want.
v. i.
To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true
direction.
v. i.
To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.
v. i.
To go wrong; to err.
v. i.
To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
n.
The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.
n.
Loss; want; felt absence.
n.
Mistake; error; fault.
n.
Harm from mistake.
Miss
Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses.3.
Miss
When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.2.
She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a sight so gay.
We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood.3.
Neither missed we anything ... Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him.
What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss.
Miss
Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss.
Flying bullets now, To execute his rage, appear too slow; They miss, or sweep but common souls away.2.
Upon the least reflection, we can not miss of them.3.
Amongst the angels, a whole legion Of wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss; What wonder then if one, of women all, did miss?4.
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
Miss
There will be no great miss of those which are lost.3.
He did without any great miss in the hardest points of grammar.4.
A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See
To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.;
To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.
Usage Examples
As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out.
Being on 'Glee' was amazing. I remember my first day on set, my first day I arrived to the set I was in my trailer and all of the actors came and banged on my door - Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera. They all welcomed me with open arms, so it was a great experience. It felt like family, and I miss them a lot over there.
At first I missed it, but it was the amazing energy thing that happened during shows, when a lot of people were like Yay Yay Yeah! I missed that for a while. But I don't miss the regular and the business side of that whole thing.
Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.
A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.
Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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Other Usage ExamplesBefore I had kids I'd go out on the road for months and months at a time, but now I don't think I'd want to do that anymore, because I'd miss too much time at home, so it's just a matter of monitoring how much work that I do and how much time I'm on the road.
At home in Victoria, we have three dogs, Tosh and Lucy, they're half Blue Heelers, and then there's Torrin a little Maltese terrier. She gets more attention in the house than anyone else! Yes, I miss them a lot.
'Little Miss Sunshine' snowballed. It was a tiny movie. We shot it in 30 days, and it was really fun to do, but it was one of those small movies that you don't hold out huge hope for.
A key to keeping your husband is getting him to miss you. That keeps a marriage fresh.
Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I miss sex in movies because sex is natural, guns are not.
African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.
Absolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up.
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