Miss

See also mis-, miš, mis, Miss, miß, and MIS

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪs/

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  Rhymes: -ɪs

Etymology 1

From Old English missan.

Verb

Infinitive to Miss

Third person singular miss

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle es

to Miss (third-person singular simple present miss, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To fail to hit.

   I missed the target.

2. (transitive) To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret.

   I miss you!

3. (transitive) To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception.

   miss the joke

4. (transitive) To fail to attend.

   Joe missed the meeting this morning.

5. (transitive) To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline etc).

   I missed the plane!

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Antonyms

• (to fail to hit): hit

Derived terms

• hit-and-miss
• miss a trick
• miss the mark
• miss the point
• miss the boat
• miss fire, misfire
• miss out
• near miss

Translations

to fail to hit

Arabic: أخطأ ar(ar) ('ákhTa'a) Chinese: Mandarin: 未擊中 cmn(cmn), 未击中 cmn(cmn) (wèijīzhòng), 未打中 cmn(cmn) (wèidǎzhòng), 未達到 cmn(cmn), 未达到 cmn(cmn) (wèidádào), 錯 cmn(cmn), 错 cmn(cmn) (cuò), 錯過 cmn(cmn), 错过 cmn(cmn) (cuòguò), 蹉 cmn(cmn) (cuō) Czech: minout cs(cs), netrefit cs(cs) Dutch: missen nl(nl) Finnish: missata fi(fi) (slang), ampua ohi fi(fi) French: manquer fr(fr), rater fr(fr) German: verfehlen Greek: αστοχώ (astokho) Hungarian: eltéveszt hu(hu), elhibáz hu(hu) Italian: mancare it(it)

Japanese: 当てそこなう ja(ja) (あてそこなう, atesokonau), (fail to catch) 取り損なう ja(ja) (とりそこなう), しそこなう ja(ja) (shisokonau) Korean: 놓치다 (nochida) Polish: spudłować pl(pl) Portuguese: falhar pt(pt), errar pt(pt) Russian: [[не#Template:Ru|не]] попасть ru(ru) (ne popást’), промахнуться ru(ru) (promaxnút’s’a), промазать ru(ru) (promazát’) (coll.) Scottish Gaelic: rach iomrall gd(gd) Slovene: zgrešiti sl(sl) Spanish: errar es(es) Swedish: bomma sv(sv), missa sv(sv) Turkish: ıskalamak tr(tr)

to feel the absence of someone or something

Arabic: افتقد ar(ar) (iftáqada), اشتاق ar(ar) (ishtaaqa) Egyptian Arabic: [[وحش#Template:Arz|وحش]] (waHish), [[يوحش#Template:Arz|يوحش]] (yiwHish) Armenian: կարոտել hy(hy) (karotel) Chinese: Mandarin: 想念 cmn(cmn) (xiǎngniàn), 想 cmn(cmn) (xiǎng), 思念 cmn(cmn) (sīniàn), 盼念 cmn(cmn) (pànniàn) Czech: postrádat cs(cs) Danish: savne da(da) Dutch: missen nl(nl) Finnish: kaivata fi(fi), ikävöidä fi(fi) French: languir fr(fr), manquer fr(fr) German: vermissen de(de), sich sehnen de(de) Greek: νοσταλγώ el(el) (nostalgo)

Hebrew: הִתְגַּעְגֵּעַ he(he) (hitga'ege'a) Hungarian: hiányol hu(hu), nélkülöz hu(hu) Italian: mancare it(it) Japanese: 憧れる ja(ja) (あこがれる, akogareru), 恋い慕う ja(ja) (koishitau) Polish: tęsknić pl(pl) Portuguese: sentir falta de, sentir saudades de Russian: недоставать ru(ru) (nedostavát’), скучать ru(ru) (skučát’), тосковать ru(ru) (toskovát’) Scottish Gaelic: ionndrainn gd(gd) Slovene: pogrešiti sl(sl), pogrešati sl(sl) Spanish: echar de menos es(es), extrañar es(es) (Latin America) Swedish: sakna sv(sv) Thai: คิดถึง th(th) (khit thueng /kʰit tʰɯŋ/) Turkish: özlemek tr(tr)

to avoid

Czech: vyhnout se cs(cs) Dutch: ontwijken nl(nl), missen nl(nl) Finnish: välttää fi(fi)

Portuguese: evitar pt(pt) Russian: избежать ru(ru) (izbežát’) Swedish: undvika sv(sv)

to fail to understand

Dutch: niet nl(nl) snappen nl(nl), ergens nl(nl) overheen nl(nl) kijken nl(nl) (also figuratively ignore en(en)), ergens nl(nl) overheen nl(nl) lezen nl(nl) (when reading) Finnish: missata fi(fi) (slang), ei ymmärtää fi(fi) (not to understand) Portuguese: não perceber pt(pt), não compreender pt(pt) (not to understand)

Russian: [[не#Template:Ru|не]] понять ru(ru) (ne ponját’) Swedish: missa sv(sv) Turkish: kaçırmak tr(tr)

to fail to attend

Czech: chybět cs(cs) Finnish: olla poissa fi(fi), missata fi(fi) (slang) Hungarian: elmulaszt hu(hu), elszalaszt hu(hu)

Italian: mancare it(it) Russian: пропустить ru(ru) (propustít’) Turkish: kaçırmak tr(tr)

to be late for something

Czech: zmeškat cs(cs) Dutch: missen nl(nl) Finnish: myöhästyä fi(fi), missata fi(fi) (slang) German: verpassen de(de) Greek: χάνω (khano) Hungarian: lekésik hu(hu) Kurdish: له‌ده‌سچون

Polish: spóźnić się pl(pl) Portuguese: perder pt(pt) Russian: упустить ru(ru) (upustít’), опоздать ru(ru) (opozdát’) Slovene: zamuditi sl(sl) Spanish: perder es(es) Swedish: missa sv(sv) Turkish: kaçırmak tr(tr)

Noun

Singular Miss

Plural es

Miss (es)

1. A failure to hit.
2. A failure to obtain or accomplish.
3. An act of avoidance.

   I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.

Translations

a failure to hit

Danish: forbier da(da) c. Dutch: misser nl(nl) m. Finnish: ohilaukaus, ohiheitto Greek: αστοχία (astokhia) f.

Polish: pudło pl(pl) n. Russian: промах ru(ru) (prómax) m. Swedish: bom sv(sv), miss sv(sv) c.

a failure to obtain or accomplish

Dutch: mislukking nl(nl) f. Finnish: epäonnistuminen fi(fi)

Russian: неудача ru(ru) (neudáča) f., провал ru(ru) (provál) m. Swedish: misslyckande sv(sv) n.

an act of avoidance

Russian: пропуск ru(ru) (própusk) m.

Etymology 2

From mistress.

Noun

Wikipedia

Singular Miss

Plural es

Miss (es)

1. A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.

   You may sit here, miss.

   You may sit here, Miss Jones.

2. An unmarried woman; a girl.

Related terms

• Miss
• missis, missus
• missy
• Mrs.
• Ms.

Translations

title of respect for a young woman

Czech: slečna cs(cs) f. Danish: frøken da(da) Dutch: juffrouw nl(nl) f. Esperanto: fraŭlino eo(eo) Finnish: neiti fi(fi) French: mademoiselle fr(fr) f. German: Fräulein de(de) n. Greek: δεσποινίδα el(el) (despinida) f., Greek: δεσποινίς el(el) (despinis) f. Icelandic: ungfrú is(is) Irish: ógbhean ga(ga)

Italian: signorina it(it) m. Kurdish: خوشکه‌ ku(ku) (xushke) Polish: panna pl(pl) Portuguese: senhorita pt(pt) f. Russian: мисс ru(ru) (miss) f., госпожа ru(ru) (gospožá) f. Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann f. Slovak: slečna sk(sk) f. Slovene: gospodična sl(sl) f. Spanish: señorita es(es) f. Swedish: fröken sv(sv)

unmarried woman

Armenian: օրիորդ hy(hy) (òriord) Czech: slečna cs(cs) f. Danish: frøken da(da) Dutch: juffrouw nl(nl) f. Esperanto: fraŭlino eo(eo) Finnish: neitonen fi(fi) French: mademoiselle fr(fr) f. German: Fräulein de(de) n. Greek: δεσποινίδα el(el) (despinida) f., Greek: δεσποινίς el(el) (despinis) f. Icelandic: ungfrú is(is)

Irish: ógbhean ga(ga) Italian: signorina it(it) f. Polish: panna pl(pl) Russian: мисс ru(ru) (miss) f., барышня ru(ru) (báryšnja) f., девушка ru(ru) (dévuška) f., девица ru(ru) (devíca) f., дева ru(ru) (déva) f. Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann f. Slovak: slečna sk(sk) f. Slovene: gospodična sl(sl) f. Spanish: señorita es(es) f. Swedish: fröken sv(sv)

Anagrams

• imss,
• isms
• sims, Sims, SIMS

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪs/

Noun

Miss f. (plural, diminutive)

1. A winner of a beauty contest.

   Annelien Coorevits was Miss België in 2007.

   Annelien Coorevits was Miss Belgium in 2007.

2. A beauty.
3. A girl with a high self-esteem.

   Dat is nogal een miss, hoor.

   She has some air.

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German

Verb

Miss

1. second-person singular imperative form of messen

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Old English

Etymology

Old English. Akin to Old English missan "to miss"

Noun

Miss n.

1. loss; absence

Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	miss	miss
accusative	miss	miss
genitive	misses	missa
dative	misse	missum

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

Inflection for Miss	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	Miss	Missen	Missar	Missarna
Possessive form	miss	Missens	Missars	Missarnas

Miss c.

1. A failure to hit.
2. A mistake.
3. (rare) A beauty; a winner of a beauty contest.

   Miss Hawaii went on to win the Miss America contest

Synonyms

• (failure to hit): bom
• (mistake): misstag
• (beauty): skönhetsmiss

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