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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : mis |
| Phonetic Transcription : mɪs |
Definition of miss
Origin :- Old English missan "fail to hit, miss (a mark); fail in what was aimed at; escape (someone's notice)," influenced by Old Norse missa "to miss, to lack;" both from Proto-Germanic *missjan "to go wrong" (cf. Old Frisian missa, Middle Dutch, Dutch missen, German missen "to miss, fail"), from *missa- "in a changed manner," hence "abnormally, wrongly," from PIE root *mei- "to change" (root of mis- (1); see mutable). Related: Missed; missing.
- Meaning "to fail to get what one wanted" is from mid-13c. Sense of "to escape, avoid" is from 1520s; that of "to perceive with regret the absence or loss of (something or someone)" is from late 15c. Sense of "to not be on time for" is from 1823; to miss the boat in the figurative sense of "be too late for" is from 1929, originally nautical slang. To miss out (on) "fail to get" is from 1929.
- noun failure
- verb fail, make a mistake
- verb want; feel a loss
- Miss Avice won't be down, sir, and I'm to fetch her up a pot of coffee, sir.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- So small was it that to have gone a few feet to either side would have been to miss it.
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- Miss Milbrey wondered somewhat; but her mind was easy, for her resolution had been taken.
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- Miss Milbrey nodded encouragement, seeming to chuckle inwardly.
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- For young Bines, after dinner, fell in love with Miss Milbrey all over again.
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- Miss Bines and young Milbrey were already on excellent terms.
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- At Percival's suggestion of a walk, Miss Milbrey was delighted.
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- Miss Milbrey had put herself bravely in the path of Destiny.
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- Miss Milbrey disunited the chatting couple with swiftness and aplomb.
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- Percival and Miss Milbrey, on the other hand, were doing badly.
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Synonyms for miss
- absence
- be late for
- blow
- blunder
- botch
- crave
- default
- defect
- desire
- disregard
- drop
- drop the ball
- err
- error
- fall flat on face
- fall short
- fault
- flub
- forget
- fumble
- ignore
- juggle
- let go
- let slip
- long
- lose
- loss
- miscarry
- misfire
- mishap
- mislay
- misplace
- mistake
- muff
- need
- neglect
- omission
- omit
- overlook
- overshoot
- oversight
- pass over
- pass up
- pine
- skip
- slight
- slip
- trip
- trip up
- undershoot
- want
- wish
- yearn
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