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Definition of miss noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

miss

noun
 
/mɪs/
 
/mɪs/
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    title/form of address

  1. Miss
    used 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
    The title Miss can also be used by a married woman who keeps her own family name for professional purposes. compare Mrs, Ms
  2. Miss
    a title given to the winner of a beauty contest in a particular country, town, etc.
    • Miss Brighton
    • the Miss World contest
  3. Miss
    (informal) used when speaking to a young woman in a formal situation
    • Will that be all, Miss?
  4. 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!
    compare sir
  5. (old-fashioned) a girl or young woman
  6. not hit, catch, etc.

  7. a failure to hit, catch or reach something
    • The penalty miss cost us the game.
    see also near miss
  8. 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
give something a miss
  1. (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
  1. (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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