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Definition of Miss

1. Noun. A young woman. "A young lady of 18"

2. Verb. Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind. "We lost part of what he said"

3. Noun. A failure to hit (or meet or find etc).

4. Verb. Feel or suffer from the lack of. "They miss moving "; "He misses his mother"

5. Noun. A form of address for an unmarried woman.

6. Verb. Fail to attend an event or activity. "He missed school for a week"

7. Verb. Leave undone or leave out. "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

8. Verb. Fail to reach or get to. "She missed her train"

9. Verb. Be without. "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

10. Verb. Fail to reach. "The arrow missed the target"

11. Verb. Be absent. "The child had been missing for a week"

12. Verb. Fail to experience. "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"

Definition of Miss

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

2. 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.

3. v. i. To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.

4. n. The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.

Definition of Miss

1. to fail to make contact with [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Miss

1. Origin: Contr. Fr. Mistress. 1. A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress. There is diversity of usage in the application of this title to two or more persons of the same name. We may write either the Miss Browns or the Misses Brown. 2. A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen. "Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses." (Cawthorn) 3. A kept mistress. See Mistress. 4. 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. 1. 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. "When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right." (Locke) 2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; now seldom applied to persons. "She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a sight so gay." (Prior) "We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood." (Shak) 3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want. "Neither missed we anything . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him." (1 Sam. Xxv. 15, 21) "What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss." (Milton) To miss stays. See Stay. Origin: AS. Missan; akin to D. & G. Missen, OHG. Missan, Icel. Missa, Sw. Mista, Dan. Miste. 100. See Mis-, pref. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miss

misrepresentaation misrepresentation misrepresented misrepresenting misrepresents misrhymed misroute misrouted misroutes misrouting

misrule misruled misrules misruling miss (current term) miss (current term) missa missa missable missae

missaid missal missals missaw missay missaying missays misseat misseated misseating

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