- Missused before the family name, or the first and family names, of a woman who is not married, in order to speak or write to her politely
- Dear Miss Lipman
- Missa title given to the winner of a beauty contest in a particular country, town, etc.
- Miss Brighton
- the Miss World contest
- Miss(informal) used when speaking to a young woman in a formal situation
- Will that be all, Miss?
- Miss(British English, informal) used as a form of address by children in some schools to a woman teacher, whether she is married or not
- Good morning, Miss!
- (old-fashioned) a girl or young woman
- a failure to hit, catch or reach something
- The penalty miss cost us the game.
title/form of address
not hit, catch, etc.
Word Originnoun sense 6 Old English missan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German missen. noun senses 1 to 5 mid 17th cent.: abbreviation of mistress.
Idioms
See miss in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarygive something a miss
- (informal, especially British English) to decide not to do something, eat something, etc.
- I think I'll give badminton a miss tonight.
a miss is as good as a mile
- (saying) there is no real difference between only just failing in something and failing in it badly because the result is still the sameTopics Difficulty and failurec2
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