miss

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.

   • I fired the gun, but the bullet missed the target.
   • I tried to kick the ball, but missed.
   • She tried to grab hold of the end of the rope, but she missed.
2. 2

   To avoid hitting.

   • The driver swerved and just managed to miss the chicken crossing the road.
3. 3

   To fail to achieve or attain.

   • The company missed all its sales targets.
   • When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.
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   1. 4

      To fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.

      • Joe missed the meeting this morning.
      • I usually watch the Oscars Ceremonies, but I missed it this year.
      • I'm starving! I missed breakfast this morning.
   2. 5

      To avoid or escape.

      • The car just missed hitting a passer-by.
      • We missed disaster by the skin of our teeth.
   3. 6

      To become aware of the loss or absence of

      To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.

      • I miss you! Come home soon!
      • I miss going for walks along the beach.
      • I'm not going to the party, but I don't think I'll be missed.
   4. 7

      To fail to understand.

      • to miss the joke
   5. 8

      To fail to notice

      To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

      • So I'm just going over my early notes, see if I missed anything.
   6. 9

      To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a…

      To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).

      • I missed the plane!
      • "Is Polly still here?" — "No, sorry, you've just missed her. She left a couple of minutes ago."
      • And we can't afford to miss the train back, as the next one is at 0704 tomorrow...
   7. 10

      To be wanting

      To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).

      • The car is missing essential features.
      • This jigsaw is missing several pieces.
   8. 11

      To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.

      • Miss me with that nonsense!
   9. 12

      To fail to help the hand of a player.

      • Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!
   10. 13

       To fail to score (a goal).

       • Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.
   11. 14

       To go wrong

       To go wrong; to err.

       • Emongst the Angels, a whole legione / Of wicked Sprights did fall from happy blis; / What wonder then, if one of women all did mis?
   12. 15

       To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

       • What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
   13. 16

       A failure to physically hit.

       • In eight shots at the target he had six misses.
       • "I ran from one place to another, and as it was not difficult to get a shot at him, I fired several times, but only made miss after miss."
   14. 17

       A failure to obtain or accomplish something

       A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.

       • After four top-ten singles, the band's next release was a miss.
       • Your answer isn't exactly right, but it's a very close miss.
       • Jones put the penalty shot over the bar — what a terrible miss.
   15. 18

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

       • I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.
   16. 19

       Someone or something whose loss or absence is felt.

       • Top striker Smith is out injured and will be a big miss for United.
   17. 20

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

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

       • Already we're seeing fewer cache misses by avoiding creating cache entries for the idle task and expect to see even fewer with changes to the TLB reload code to uncache the page tables.
   18. 21

       A foul shot that fails to hit the target ball, where the player has, in the referee's…

       A foul shot that fails to hit the target ball, where the player has, in the referee's judgement, not made every effort to play a legal shot; in addition to conceding points for the foul, the player can be made to play the shot again.

   19. 22

       Error, fault

       Error, fault; misdeed, wrongdoing, sin.

   20. 23

       Hurt or harm from a mistake or accident.

   21. 24

       Loss, lack want

       Loss, lack want; hence, the feeling of loss.

   22. 25

       A title of respect for an unmarried woman with or without a name used.

       • You may sit here, miss.
       • You may sit here, Miss Jones.
   23. 26

       A term of address by a student for a female teacher, especially one using their maiden…

       A term of address by a student for a female teacher, especially one using their maiden name.

       • Here's my report, Miss Smith.
   24. 27

       An unmarried woman

       An unmarried woman; a girl.

       • While thus the fiends, with wily art, Adroitly stole upon the heart, And with their complaisance, and tales, Had ruind more than half the males, Gay Vanity, with smiles, and kisses, Was busy 'mongst the maids, and misses.
   25. 28

       A kept woman

       A kept woman; a mistress.

       • courting a Miss
   26. 29

       In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be…

       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.

   27. 30

       A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman

       A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.

       • Mrs. Gardiner would be happy to see Miss March and Miss Josephine at a little dance on New-Year's-Eve.
   28. 31

       A form of address for a female teacher or a waitress.

       • Excuse me, Miss, Donny's been pinching my pencils again.
   29. 32

       Used in title of the (female) winner of a beauty contest, or certain other types of…

       Used in title of the (female) winner of a beauty contest, or certain other types of contest, prefixing the country or other region that she represents, or the category of contest.

       • Ladies and gentlemen, please give a round of applause to our lovely new Miss Yorkshire!
       • And I can now announce that this year's Miss Personality is ... Doris Miggins!
   30. 33

       Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman.

       • Don't ask me, ask Miss know-it-all over there.
   31. 34

       Initialism of medium intensity steady state.

   32. 35

       Initialism of microbially induced sedimentary structure.

   33. 36

       Mississippi, as used in case citations.

The neighborhood

• antonymhitantonym(s) of “to fail to hit”
• antonymstrikeantonym(s) of “to fail to hit”
• antonymimpinge onantonym(s) of “to fail to hit”
• antonymrun intoantonym(s) of “to fail to hit”
• antonymcollide withantonym(s) of “to fail to hit”
• neighbormissis
• neighbormissus
• neighbormissy