Miss

Word MISS
Character 4
Hyphenation miss
Pronunciations /mɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Miss"

What do we mean by miss?

To fail to hit, reach, catch, or otherwise make contact with. intransitive verb

To be too late for or fail to meet (a train, for example). intransitive verb

To fail to perceive, experience, or understand. intransitive verb

To fail to accomplish or achieve. intransitive verb

To fail to attend or perform. intransitive verb

To fail to answer correctly. intransitive verb

To fail to benefit from; let slip. intransitive verb

To escape or avoid. intransitive verb

To discover the absence or loss of. intransitive verb

To be without; lack. intransitive verb

To feel the lack or loss of. intransitive verb

To fail to hit or otherwise make contact with something. intransitive verb

To be unsuccessful; fail. intransitive verb

To misfire, as an internal-combustion engine. intransitive verb

A failure to hit or make contact with something. noun

A failure to be successful. noun

The misfiring of an engine. noun

(miss fire) To fail to discharge. Used of a firearm. idiom

(miss fire) To fail to achieve the anticipated result. idiom

A failure to hit.

A failure to obtain or accomplish.

An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).

The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.

The word "miss" in example sentences

"I beg your pardon, Miss Margaret; were you asleep, miss?" ❋ Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1896)

When he was small, our son—your grandson—used to confuse the word love with the word miss. ❋ Jennifer Foote Sweeney (2008)

Whether this "miss" is due to son Todd (Anne's heir apparent to the Pern empire) is difficult to say. ❋ JDsg (2005)

Another thing I miss is afternoon/after-school cartoons like Batman: the animated series and the X-men cartoon. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Every manly thing we claim we miss is predicated on a womanly thing we don't miss at all. ❋ Alexandra Petri (2010)

-- Safeties Tyler Sash and Brett Greenwood will again miss spring ball after undergoing shoulder surgeries for the second consecutive offseason. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Another thing I miss is the many styles of house dresses you used to see everywhere for sale. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What I do miss is the sense of being part of a team of my peers. ❋ Cath@VWXYNot? (2009)

The point that you miss is that there is only one thing that scares the GOP leadership, and that is “the base stays home or takes the ball elsewhere”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The thing that many people seem to miss is that post-traumatic stress is an injury. ❋ Suzych (2009)

I want one …. man … crazy …. the thing I most miss is usb ports …. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What I feel that people all miss is that Kristen and Rob, like it or not, are human. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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