miss

miss · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with something.

  2. 2.

    To fail to attend or participate in something.

  3. 3.

    To feel sad about the absence of someone or something.

  4. 4.

    To fail to notice, hear, or understand.

  5. 5.

    To avoid or escape something.

  6. 6.

    A failure to hit or catch something.

  7. 7.

    A title used before the name of an unmarried woman or girl.

Related words

Antonyms: attend, catch, hit
See also: fail, long, skip
Synonyms: avoid, long for, skip

Etymology

From Old English "missan" meaning "to fail to hit, miss," from Proto-Germanic "*missjan" (to go wrong). The title "Miss" is a shortened form of "mistress."