miss
miss · verb
Definitions
verb
- 1.
To fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with something.
- 2.
To fail to attend or participate in something.
- 3.
To feel sad about the absence of someone or something.
- 4.
To fail to notice, hear, or understand.
- 5.
To avoid or escape something.
- 6.
A failure to hit or catch something.
- 7.
A title used before the name of an unmarried woman or girl.
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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."