miss
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/mɪs/
English
Definitions
noun
- A failure to hit.
- A failure to obtain or accomplish.
- An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).“I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.”
- The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
verb
- To fail to hit.“I missed the target.”
- To fail to achieve or attain.“to miss an opportunity”
- To avoid; to escape.“The car just missed hitting a passer-by.”
- To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.“I miss you! Come home soon!”
noun
- A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.“You may sit here, Miss Jones.”
- An unmarried woman; a girl.
- A kept woman; a mistress.
- 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.
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Synonyms
neglectlackleave outomitloseescapeoverleapoverlookyoung ladygirldropmissyfillemissfireyoung womanfail