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miss


Definition: Meaning of, miss in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / mɪs /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
miss missed missed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
missing misses
  1. not do something/fail to do something [transitive] to not go somewhere or do something, especially when you want to but cannot
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  2. not hit/catch [intransitive and transitive] to fail to hit or catch an object that is close to you, or to fail to hit a distant object that you are aiming at
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  3. feel sad about somebody [transitive] to feel sad because someone you love is not with you
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  4. feel sad about something [transitive] to feel sad because you do not have something or cannot do something you had or did before
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  5. too late [transitive] to be too late for something
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  6. miss a chance/opportunity to fail to use an opportunity to do something
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  7. not see/hear [transitive] to not see, hear, or notice something, especially when it is difficult to notice
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  8. miss the point to not understand the main point of what someone is saying
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  9. something is not to be missed used to say that someone should do something while they have the opportunity
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  10. avoid something [transitive] to avoid something bad or unpleasant
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  11. I wouldn't miss it for the world spoken used to say that you really want to go to an event, see something etc
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  12. notice something isn't there [transitive] to notice that something or someone is not in the place you expect them to be
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  13. miss the mark to not achieve something you were trying to do
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  14. miss the boat informal to fail to take an opportunity that will give you an advantage
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  15. without missing a beat if you do something without missing a beat, you do it without showing that you are surprised or shocked
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  16. somebody's heart misses a beat used to say that someone is very excited, surprised, or frightened
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  17. engine [intransitive] if an engine misses, it stops working for a very short time and then starts again
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miss misses
  1. Miss used in front of the family name of a woman who is not married to address her politely, to write to her, or to talk about her [↪  Mrs, Ms, Mr]
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  2. Miss Italy/Ohio/World etc used to refer to a woman who represents a country, city etc in a beauty competition
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  3. young woman spoken used as a polite way of speaking to a young woman when you do not know her name [↪  madam, sir]
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  4. teacher British English spoken used by children when speaking to a female teacher, whether she is married or not [↪  sir]
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  5. give something a miss British English informal to decide not to do something
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  6. not hit/catch [countable] an occasion when you fail to hit, catch, or hold something
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  7. young girl [countable] British English spoken a young girl, especially one who has been bad or rude
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Miss


Definition: Meaning of, Miss in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / mɪs /

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  1. a form of address for an unmarried woman
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Miss used in phrases

  • Havisham, Miss
    1. a character in the book GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens. She is a strange, rich old woman who hates men because her future husband left her on their wedding day. She still wears her wedding dress and everything in her house has been left exactly as it was on her wedding day, and is now covered in COBWEB s .
  • Little Miss Muffet
    1. a character from a NURSERY RHYME (= an old song or poem for young children) . She is a young girl who is frightened by a SPIDER and runs away. The rhyme goes: Little Miss Muffet/Sat on a tuffet,/Eating her curds and whey;/There came a great SPIDER,/Who sat down beside her,/And frightened Miss Muffet away.
  • Marple, Miss Jane
    1. a character in crime novels by Agatha CHRISTIE . Miss Marple is a very nice polite old English lady who is also clever at discovering criminals, especially murderers.
  • Miss America Pageant, the
    1. a BEAUTY CONTEST held every year in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in which women who have won BEAUTY CONTESTs in each of the 50 states represent those states. One of them is chosen to serve as Miss America for one year.
  • Miss Piggy
    1. a PUPPET in the form of a pig with long BLOND hair who appears in the television programme The MUPPETS . She thinks that she is very beautiful and expects everyone to admire her, and she gets angry if the other characters do not do what she wants.
  • Miss Universe
    1. a US competition in which women from many different countries compete to be judged the most beautiful and to win the title "Miss Universe".
  • Miss World
    1. a competition in which women from many different countries compete to be judged the most beautiful. The winner is given the title Miss World.
  • hit-and-miss (adjective)
    1. done in a way that is not planned or organized [↪  random]
  • hit-or-miss (adjective)
    1. dependent upon or characterized by chance
  • near miss (noun)
    1. an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided
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Miss used in phrasal verbs

  • miss out (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive] to lose an opportunity to do or have something
    2. [transitive] British English to fail to include someone or something, usually by accident
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