Definitions for Miss

Definitions for (noun) Miss

Main entry: Miss

Definition: a form of address for an unmarried woman


Main entry: misfire, miss

Definition: a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)


Main entry: girl, fille, miss, missy, young woman, young lady

Definition: a young woman

Usage: a young lady of 18


Definitions for (verb) Miss

Main entry: drop, leave out, pretermit, miss, overleap, overlook, neglect, omit

Definition: leave undone or leave out

Usage: How could I miss that typo?; The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten


Main entry: escape, miss

Definition: fail to experience

Usage: Fortunately, I missed the hurricane


Main entry: miss

Definition: fail to reach

Usage: The arrow missed the target


Main entry: miss

Definition: feel or suffer from the lack of

Usage: He misses his mother


Main entry: miss

Definition: fail to reach or get to

Usage: She missed her train


Main entry: miss, lose

Definition: fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

Usage: I missed that remark; She missed his point; We lost part of what he said


Main entry: miss

Definition: fail to attend an event or activity

Usage: I missed the concert; He missed school for a week


Main entry: lack, miss

Definition: be without

Usage: This soup lacks salt; There is something missing in my jewelry box!


Main entry: miss

Definition: be absent

Usage: The child had been missing for a week


Visual thesaurus for Miss