Meanings
miss1
present singular third person misses · participle present missing · participle past missed · past missed
- ambitransitivephysicalTo fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.
I tried to kick the ball, but missed.
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I fired the gun, but the bullet missed the target.
She tried to grab hold of the end of the rope, but she missed.
Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLCFlying bullets now, To execute his rage, appear too slow; They miss, or sweep but common souls away.
1666, Edmund Waller, "Instructions to a PainterWhen the lunar module Eagle landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, pilot Neil Armstrong was shocked to find he had missed the projected landing site by seven kilometers, a potentially fatal error.
1989 May, John Boslough, “Searching for the Secrets of Gravity”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 582 - ambitransitivephysicalTo avoid hitting.
The driver swerved and just managed to miss the chicken crossing the road.
- transitiveTo fail to achieve or attain.
The company missed all its sales targets.
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When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC - transitiveTo fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.
This offer is too good to miss.
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Joe missed the meeting this morning.
I usually watch the Oscars Ceremonies, but I missed it this year.
I'm starving! I missed breakfast this morning.
I only left the queue for a moment and now I've missed my turn.
to miss an opportunity, to miss a chance
- transitiveTo become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.
I miss you! Come home soon!
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I miss going for walks along the beach.
I'm not going to the party, but I don't think I'll be missed.
I had left my wallet at home, but I only missed it when I got to the metro.
[…] what by me thou haſt loſt thou leaſt ſhalt miſs.
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 58The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.
1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC - transitiveTo fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
So I'm just going over my early notes, see if I missed anything.
- transitiveTo be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
I missed the plane!
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"Is Polly still here?" — "No, sorry, you've just missed her. She left a couple of minutes ago."
And we can't afford to miss the train back, as the next one is at 0704 tomorrow...
2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 45 - slangtransitiveAfrican-American VernacularTo spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
Miss me with that nonsense!
- hobbiesTo fail to score (a goal).
Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.
2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport - intransitiveobsoleteTo go wrong; to err.
Emongst the Angels, a whole legione / Of wicked Sprights did fall from happy blis; / What wonder then, if one of women all did mis?
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 2 - intransitiveobsoleteTo be absent, deficient, or wanting.
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act PROLOGUE, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]
plural misses
- A failure to physically hit.
In eight shots at the target he had six misses.
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"I ran from one place to another, and as it was not difficult to get a shot at him, I fired several times, but only made miss after miss."
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 76 - A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
Your answer isn't exactly right, but it's a very close miss.
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After four top-ten singles, the band's next release was a miss.
Jones put the penalty shot over the bar — what a terrible miss.
- informalSomeone or something whose loss or absence is felt.
Top striker Smith is out injured and will be a big miss for United.
- computingThe situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
Already we're seeing fewer cache misses by avoiding creating cache entries for the idle task and expect to see even fewer with changes to the TLB reload code to uncache the page tables.
1999, Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Operating Systems - ball gamesA foul shot that fails to hit the target ball, where the player has, in the referee's judgement, not made every effort to play a legal shot; in addition to conceding points for the foul, the player can be made to play the shot again.
- obsoleteError, fault; misdeed, wrongdoing, sin.
miss2
plural misses · alternative Miss · alternative archaic pronunciation spelling meess · alternative archaic pronunciation spelling Meess
- countableuncountableAn unmarried woman; a girl.
While thus the fiends, with wily art, Adroitly stole upon the heart, And with their complaisance, and tales, Had ruind more than half the males, Gay Vanity, with smiles, and kisses, Was busy 'mongst the maids, and misses.
1771, James Cawthorn, Poems, by the Rev. Mr. Cawthorn, Late Master of Tunbridge School - countableuncountableA kept woman; a mistress.
courting a Miss
1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC
Miss3
- A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
Mrs. Gardiner would be happy to see Miss March and Miss Josephine at a little dance on New-Year's-Eve.
1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women- With a surname.
These are the two young ladies that I wanted you to meet, Miss Jones and Miss Robinson.
- With a full name.
The victim was named as Miss Jane Doe.
- datedregionalWith a first name only.
Excuse me Ma'am, will Miss Julia and Miss Emily be staying for tea?
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She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC - datedUsed alone.
Good morning, Miss. May I help you?
- Used in title of the (female) winner of a beauty contest, or certain other types of contest, prefixing the country or other region that she represents, or the category of contest.
And I can now announce that this year's Miss Personality is ... Doris Miggins!
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Ladies and gentlemen, please give a round of applause to our lovely new Miss Yorkshire!
- derogatoryoftensarcasticUsed in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman.
Don't ask me, ask Miss know-it-all over there.
MISS4
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of medium intensity steady state.
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of microbially induced sedimentary structure.
- lawMississippi, as used in case citations.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo fail to understand.
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Origin
miss · verb, noun
- Proto-Germanic*miss-“loss”
- Proto-West Germanic*miss
- Old Englishmiss“loss, absence”
- Middle Englishmisse
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-“to change, exchange, trade”
- Proto-Germanic*missijaną“to miss, go wrong, fail”
- Proto-West Germanic*missijan
- Old Englishmissan“to miss, escape the notice of a person”
- Middle Englishmissen
- Englishmiss
Verb from Middle English missen, from Old English missan (“to miss, escape the notice of a person”), from Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną (“to miss, go wrong, fail”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to change, exchange, trade”). Cognate with West Frisian misse (“to miss”), Dutch missen (“to miss”), German missen (“to miss”), Norwegian Bokmål and Danish miste (“to lose”), Swedish missa (“to miss”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Icelandic missa (“to lose”) and Latin mittere (“to send, let go”). Noun from Middle English misse, mis, from Old English miss (“loss, absence”), from Proto-West Germanic *miss, from Proto-Germanic *miss- (“loss”). Cognate with Scots miss (“a loss, want, cause of grief or mourning”), Middle High German misse, mis (“lack, missing, absence”), Icelandic missir (“loss”). Related also to Scots mis (“wrongdoing, sin, guilt”), Dutch mis (“misdeed, wrongdoing, mistake”), Middle Low German misse (“sin, wrong”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
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Afrikaans mis, juffrou
- misto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- juffroutitle
- mej.title
Ancient Greek ἀστοχέω, παροράω
- ἀστοχέω (astokhéō)to fail to hit
- παροράω (paroráō)to fail to notice, to overlook
- ὑπερβλέπω (huperblépō)to fail to notice, to overlook
- ἀστοχία (astokhía)a failure to hit
- ἀστοχία (astokhía)a failure to obtain or accomplish
Arabic أَخْطَأَ, فَاتَ
- أَخْطَأَ (ʔaḵṭaʔa)to fail to hit
- فَاتَ (fāta)to fail to attend
- اِفْتَقَدَ (iftaqada)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- اِشْتَاقَ (ištāqa)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- آنِسَة (ʔānisa)unmarried woman
- آنِسَة (ʔānisa)title
Basque falta nabaritu, falta izan
- falta nabarituto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- falta izanto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- andereñotitle
Bulgarian не улучвам, пропускам
- не улучвам (ne ulučvam)to fail to hit
- пропускам (propuskam)to fail to hit
- изпускам (izpuskam)to fail to achieve or attain
- пропускам (propuskam)to fail to attend
- чувствам липсата на (čuvstvam lipsata na)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- не разбирам (ne razbiram)to fail to understand
- недоглеждам (nedogleždam)to fail to notice, to overlook
- избягвам (izbjagvam)to avoid; to escape
- пропуск (propusk)a failure to hit
- неуспех (neuspeh)a failure to obtain or accomplish
- госпо́жица (gospóžica)unmarried woman
- госпо́жица (gospóžica)title
Catalan fallar, perdre
- fallarto fail to hit
- perdreto fail to attend
- trobar a faltarto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- enyorarto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- no comprendreto fail to understand
- passar per altto fail to notice, to overlook
- perdreto be late for something
Chinese Cantonese 掛住 /挂住, 錯過 /错过
- 掛住 /挂住 (gwaa³ zyu⁶)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- 錯過 /错过 (co³ gwo³)to be late for something
- 小姐 (siu² ze²)title
Chinese Mandarin 未擊中 /未击中, 未打中
- 未擊中 /未击中 (wèijīzhòng)to fail to hit
- 未打中 (wèidǎzhòng)to fail to hit
- 未達到 /未达到 (wèidádào)to fail to hit
- 錯 /错 (cuò)to fail to hit
- 錯過 /错过 (cuòguò)to fail to hit
- 蹉 (cuō)to fail to hit
- 想念 (xiǎngniàn)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- 想 (xiǎng)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- 思念 (sīniàn)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- 盼念 (pànniàn)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- 忽略 (hūlüè)to fail to notice, to overlook
- 漏掉 (lòudiào)to fail to notice, to overlook
- 小姐 (xiǎojiě)unmarried woman
- 女士 (nǚshì)unmarried woman
- 小姐 (xiǎojiě)title
Czech minout, netrefit
- minoutto fail to hit
- netrefitto fail to hit
- chybětto fail to attend
- postrádatto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- přehlédnoutto fail to notice, to overlook
- vyhnout seto avoid; to escape
- zmeškatto be late for something
- slečnaunmarried woman
- slečnatitle
Danish misse, ramme ved siden af
- misseto fail to hit
- ramme ved siden afto fail to hit
- savneto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- mangleto lack something
- forbiera failure to hit
- frøkenunmarried woman
- frøkentitle
Dutch missen, missen
- missento fail to hit
- missento fail to attend
- missento feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- niet snappento fail to understand
- ergens overheen kijkento fail to understand
- ergens overheen lezento fail to understand
- over het hoofd ziento fail to notice, to overlook
- missento lack something
- ontwijkento avoid; to escape
- missento avoid; to escape
- missento be late for something
- missera failure to hit
- mislukkinga failure to obtain or accomplish
- juffrouwunmarried woman
- mejuffrouwtitle
- juffrouwtitle
Esperanto maltrafi, malesti
- maltrafito fail to hit
- malestito fail to attend
- mankito feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- maltrafoa failure to hit
- fraŭlinounmarried woman
- fraŭlinotitle
Estonian igatsema, preili
- igatsemato feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- preilititle
Finnish ampua ohi, mennä ohi
- ampua ohito fail to hit
- mennä ohito fail to hit
- vetää ohito fail to hit
- missatato fail to hit
- lyödä ohito fail to hit
- ei osuato fail to hit
- menettääto fail to achieve or attain
- ohittaato fail to achieve or attain
- mokatato fail to achieve or attain
- olla poissato fail to attend
- ei päästäto fail to attend
- missatato fail to attend
- ohilaukausa failure to hit
- ohiheittoa failure to hit
- hutia failure to hit
- harhalyöntia failure to hit
- harhalaukausa failure to hit
- harhaluotia failure to hit
- epäonnistuminena failure to obtain or accomplish
- mokaa failure to obtain or accomplish
- neitonenunmarried woman
- neitiunmarried woman
- neiti (Nti)title
French manquer, rater
- manquerto fail to hit
- raterto fail to hit
- manquerto fail to attend
- raterto fail to attend
- languirto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- manquerto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- regretterto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- ne comprendre pasto fail to understand
- négligerto fail to notice, to overlook
- louperto fail to notice, to overlook
- raterto be late for something
- ratéa failure to hit
- mademoiselleunmarried woman
- madameunmarried woman
- mademoiselletitle
- madametitle
German verfehlen, verpassen
- verfehlento fail to hit
- verpassento fail to attend
- vermissento feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- sich sehnento feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- nicht bemerkento fail to notice, to overlook
- übersehento fail to notice, to overlook
- mangelnto lack something
- verpassento be late for something
- Fehlschussa failure to hit
- Fräuleinunmarried woman
- Fräuleintitle
- Frautitle
- Misstitle
Greek αστοχώ, λείπω
- αστοχώ (astochó)to fail to hit
- λείπω (leípo)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- νοσταλγώ (nostalgó)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- χάνω (cháno)to be late for something
- αστοχία (astochía)a failure to hit
- δεσποινίδα (despoinída)unmarried woman
- δεσποινίς (despoinís)unmarried woman
- δεσποινίδα (despoinída)title
- δεσποινίς (despoinís)title
- μις (mis)title
Hebrew החטיא, פִסְפֵס
- החטיא (hekhtí)to fail to hit
- פִסְפֵס (fisfés)to fail to hit
- פספס (fisfés)to fail to attend
- הֶחְמִיץ (heḥmítz)to fail to attend
- הִתְגַּעְגֵּעַ (hitga'agéa')to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- פספס (fisfés)to be late for something
- הֶחְמִיץ (heḥmítz)to be late for something
Hindi सुश्री, मिस
- सुश्री (suśrī)title
- मिस (mis)title
- कुमारी (kumārī)title
Hungarian eltéveszt, elhibáz
- eltévesztto fail to hit
- elhibázto fail to hit
- elvétto fail to hit
- mellémegyto fail to hit
- lemarad (with -ról/-ről)to fail to achieve or attain
- elszalasztto fail to achieve or attain
- elmulasztto fail to attend
- elszalasztto fail to attend
- hiányolto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- hiányzik (with -nak/-nek)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- nem értto fail to understand
- nem ért megto fail to understand
- kisasszonyunmarried woman
- kisasszonytitle
Icelandic sakna, ungfrú
- saknato feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- ungfrúunmarried woman
- frökentitle
- ungfrútitle
Indonesian merindukan, nona
- merindukanto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- nonaunmarried woman
- nonatitle
Irish airigh ó, cronaigh
- airigh óto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- cronaighto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- ógbheanunmarried woman
- ógbheantitle
- iníontitle
Italian mancare, perdere
- mancareto fail to hit
- perdereto fail to achieve or attain
- mancareto fail to attend
- mancareto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- no capireto fail to understand
- perdereto be late for something
- signorinaunmarried woman
- signorinatitle
Japanese 当てそこなう, 取り損なう
- 当てそこなう (atesokonau)to fail to hit
- 取り損なう (torisokonau)to fail to hit
- しそこなう (shisokonau)to fail to hit
- 憧れる (akogareru)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- 恋い慕う (koishitau)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- 寂しがる (sabishigaru)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- 見落とす (miotosu)to fail to notice, to overlook
- 見逃す (minogasu)to fail to notice, to overlook
- お嬢さん (o-jō-san)unmarried woman
- お嬢さん (o-jō-san)title
- お嬢様 (o-jō-sama)title
- -さん (-san)title
Korean 놓치다, 그리워하다
- 놓치다 (notchida)to fail to hit
- 그리워하다 (geuriwohada)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- 미스 (miseu)unmarried woman
- 아가씨 (agassi)unmarried woman
- 숙녀 (sungnyeo)unmarried woman
- 미스 (miseu)title
- 아가씨 (agassi)title
- 숙녀 (sungnyeo)title
Latin desum, desidero
- desumto fail to hit
- desideroto fail to hit
- dēsum audīreto fail to attend
- dēsum interesseto fail to attend
- desumto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- dēsīderōto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- fallō comprehendereto fail to understand
- nōn comprehendōto fail to understand
- omittōto fail to notice, to overlook
- careōto lack something
- egeōto lack something
- dominulatitle
Latvian netrāpīt, trūkt
- netrāpītto fail to hit
- trūktto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- kundzeneunmarried woman
- kundzetitle
- kundzenetitle
Lithuanian ilgėtis, panelė
- ilgėtisto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- panelėtitle
Malay merindui, cik
- merinduito feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- ciktitle
Māori hauare, hemo
- hauareto fail to hit
- hemoto fail to hit
- hihipato fail to hit
- tohipato fail to hit
- mānakonakoto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- aroaroāto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- kapeto fail to notice, to overlook
Norwegian frøken
- frøkenunmarried woman
Norwegian Bokmål savne, overse
- savneto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- overseto fail to notice, to overlook
- frøkentitle
Persian دوشیزه, دختر خانم
- دوشیزه (dušize)title
- دختر خانم (doxtar xânom)title
- مادمازل (mâdmâzel)title
Polish chybiać, chybić
- chybiaćto fail to hit
- chybićto fail to hit
- pudłowaćto fail to hit
- spudłowaćto fail to hit
- tęsknićto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- cnić sięto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- cknić sięto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- nie rozumiećto fail to understand
- nie zrozumiećto fail to understand
- przeoczaćto fail to notice, to overlook
- przeoczyćto fail to notice, to overlook
- przegapiaćto fail to notice, to overlook
- pudłoa failure to hit
- chybieniea failure to hit
- pannaunmarried woman
- niezamężnaunmarried woman
- pannatitle
Portuguese falhar, errar
- falharto fail to hit
- errarto fail to hit
- faltarto fail to attend
- sentir falta deto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- sentir saudade(s) deto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- não perceberto fail to understand
- não compreenderto fail to understand
- desperceberto fail to notice, to overlook
- evitarto avoid; to escape
- perderto be late for something
- senhoritaunmarried woman
- senhoritatitle
Romanian rata, rata
- ratato fail to hit
- ratato fail to achieve or attain
- ratato fail to attend
- îi fi dorto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- îi lipsito feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- trece cu vedereato fail to notice, to overlook
- îi scăpato fail to notice, to overlook
- îi lipsito lack something
- evitato avoid; to escape
- ratato be late for something
- pierdeto be late for something
- domnișoaratitle
- Dratitle
Russian не попа́сть, промахну́ться
- не попа́сть (ne popástʹ)to fail to hit
- промахну́ться (promaxnútʹsja)to fail to hit
- прома́зать (promázatʹ)to fail to hit
- упуска́ть (upuskátʹ)to fail to achieve or attain
- упусти́ть (upustítʹ)to fail to achieve or attain
- пропусти́ть (propustítʹ)to fail to attend
- пропуска́ть (propuskátʹ)to fail to attend
- недостава́ть (nedostavátʹ)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- скуча́ть (skučátʹ)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- тоскова́ть (toskovátʹ)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- не поня́ть (ne ponjátʹ)to fail to understand
- не заме́тить (ne zamétitʹ)to fail to notice, to overlook
- про́мах (prómax)a failure to hit
- неуда́ча (neudáča)a failure to obtain or accomplish
- прова́л (provál)a failure to obtain or accomplish
- про́пуск (própusk)an act of avoidance
- мисс (miss)unmarried woman
- ба́рышня (báryšnja)unmarried woman
- де́вушка (dévuška)unmarried woman
- мадемуазе́ль (madɛmuazɛ́lʹ)unmarried woman
- деви́ца (devíca)unmarried woman
- де́ва (déva)unmarried woman
- ба́рышня (báryšnja)title
- де́вушка (dévuška)title
- мадемуазе́ль (madɛmuazɛ́lʹ)title
- madam) госпожа́ (gospožá)title
Scottish Gaelic rach iomrall, ionndrainn
- rach iomrallto fail to hit
- ionndrainnto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- caillto be late for something
- maighdeannunmarried woman
- maighdeanntitle
Slovak minúť, zmeškať
- minúťto fail to hit
- zmeškaťto fail to attend
- chýbaťto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- nepochopiťto fail to understand
- nemaťto lack something
- zmeškaťto be late for something
- slečnaunmarried woman
- slečnatitle
Spanish fallar, errar
- fallarto fail to hit
- errarto fail to hit
- marrarto fail to hit
- faltar ato fail to attend
- perderseto fail to attend
- desaprovecharto fail to attend
- dejar pasarto fail to attend
- echar de menosto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- extrañarto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- añorarto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- hacer faltato feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- missearto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- falloa failure to hit
- señoritaunmarried woman
- señounmarried woman
- señoritatitle
- señotitle
Swedish bomma, missa
- bommato fail to hit
- missato fail to hit
- missato fail to attend
- saknato feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- missato fail to understand
- förbiseto fail to notice, to overlook
- undvikato avoid; to escape
- missato be late for something
- boma failure to hit
- missa failure to hit
- misslyckandea failure to obtain or accomplish
- frökenunmarried woman
- frökentitle
Tagalog binibini, (Bb.) binibini
- binibiniunmarried woman
- (Bb.) binibinititle
Thai พลาด, คิดถึง
- พลาด (plâat)to fail to hit
- คิดถึง (kít-tʉ̌ng)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- นางสาว (naang-sǎao)unmarried woman
- นางสาว (naang-sǎao)title
Turkish ıskalamak, kaçırmak
- ıskalamakto fail to hit
- kaçırmakto fail to achieve or attain
- kaçırmakto fail to attend
- özlemekto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- sağınmakto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- kaçırmakto fail to understand
- gözden kaçırmakto fail to notice, to overlook
- kaçırmakto be late for something
- ıskaa failure to hit
- ıskaa failure to obtain or accomplish
- ıskaan act of avoidance
- bayantitle
Ukrainian пропустити, сумува́ти
- пропустити (propustyty)to fail to attend
- сумува́ти (sumuváty)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- скуча́ти (skučáty)to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- па́нна (pánna)unmarried woman
- міс (mis)unmarried woman
- па́нна (pánna)title
- ба́ришня (báryšnja)title
- madam) па́ні (páni)title
Urdu آنِسَہ
- آنِسَہ (ānisa)title
Vietnamese trật, trượt
- trậtto fail to hit
- trượtto fail to hit
- hụtto fail to hit
- lỡto fail to attend
- nhớto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- trễto be late for something
- côtitle
- chịtitle
Welsh gweld eisiau, hiraethu am
- gweld eisiauto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- hiraethu amto feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of
- bonesigtitle
Zulu inkosazana class 9/6
- inkosazana class 9/6unmarried woman
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miss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miss
“miss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miss. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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