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”).
Meanings
A failure to physically hit.
"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:
In eight shots at the target he had six misses.
A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
Your answer isn't exactly right, but it's a very close miss.
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.
An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give).
I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.
(informal) Someone or something whose loss or absence is felt.
Top striker Smith is out injured and will be a big miss for United.
The 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:
A 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.
(obsolete) Error, fault; misdeed, wrongdoing, sin.
(obsolete) Hurt or harm from a mistake or accident.
(obsolete) Loss, lack want; hence, the feeling of loss.
bg неуспех (a failure to obtain or accomplish) · el αστοχία (a failure to hit) · fr raté (a failure to hit) · bg пропуск (a failure to hit) · grc ἀστοχία (a failure to obtain or accomplish) · fi moka (a failure to obtain or accomplish) · nl misser (a failure to hit) · sv bom (a failure to hit) · de Fehlschuss (a failure to hit) · fi harhalyönti (a failure to hit) · ne चुक (a failure to hit) · grc ἀστοχία (a failure to hit) · fi huti (a failure to hit) · ru неуда́ча (a failure to obtain or accomplish) · ru прова́л (a failure to obtain or accomplish) · pl chybienie (a failure to hit) · tr ıska (an act of avoidance) · fi harhalaukaus (a failure to hit) · nl mislukking (a failure to obtain or accomplish) · zlw-ocs chyba (a failure to hit) · pl pudło (a failure to hit) · ru про́мах (a failure to hit) · mk про́пуст (a failure to hit) · es fallo (a failure to hit) · fi ohilaukaus (a failure to hit) · eo maltrafo (a failure to hit) · fi ohiheitto (a failure to hit) · da forbier (a failure to hit) · tr ıska (a failure to obtain or accomplish) · mk у́тка (a failure to hit) · fi harhaluoti (a failure to hit) · tr ıska (a failure to hit) · mk промашу́вање (a failure to hit) · sv miss (a failure to hit) · ru про́пуск (an act of avoidance) · sv misslyckande (a failure to obtain or accomplish) · fi epäonnistuminen (a failure to obtain or accomplish)
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”).
Meanings
(ambitransitive, physical) To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.
She tried to grab hold of the end of the rope, but she missed.
Flying bullets now,
To execute his rage, appear too slow;
They miss, or sweep but common souls away. 1666, Edmund Waller, "Instructions to a Painter:
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 […], →OCLC:
I fired the gun, but the bullet missed the target.
I tried to kick the ball, but missed.
When 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:
(ambitransitive, physical) To avoid hitting.
The driver swerved and just managed to miss the chicken crossing the road.
(transitive) To fail to achieve or attain.
The company missed all its sales targets.
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:
(transitive) To fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.
to miss an opportunity, to miss a chance
This offer is too good to miss.
I only left the queue for a moment and now I've missed my turn.
I'm starving! I missed breakfast this morning.
Joe missed the meeting this morning.
I usually watch the Oscars Ceremonies, but I missed it this year.
(transitive) To avoid or escape.
The car just missed hitting a passer-by.
We missed disaster by the skin of our teeth.
(transitive) To 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.
We did it like that and now we do it like this / We did it like that and now we do it like this / Go inside your mind and find a time that you miss / And just think about the steel in your fist 1994, Crooklyn Dodgers, “Crooklyn”:
The 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:
I had left my wallet at home, but I only missed it when I got to the metro.
I miss going for walks along the beach.
I miss you! Come home soon!
I'm not going to the party, but I don't think I'll be missed.
[…] 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 58:
(transitive) To fail to understand.
to miss the joke
(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
So I'm just going over my early notes, see if I missed anything.
(transitive) To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
I missed the plane!
"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:
(qualifier:mostly continuous tenses, transitive) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).
This jigsaw is missing several pieces.
The car is missing essential features.
(qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
Miss me with that nonsense!
(said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!
To 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:
(intransitive, obsolete) To 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:
(intransitive, obsolete) To 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)]:
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strike (antonym(s) of “to fail to hit”) · collide with (antonym(s) of “to fail to hit”) · impinge on (antonym(s) of “to fail to hit”) · run into (antonym(s) of “to fail to hit”) · hit (antonym(s) of “to fail to hit”) · catch
bg не улучвам (to fail to hit) · ja 当てそこなう (to fail to hit) · fr rater (to be late for something) · la desum (to fail to hit) · fr languir (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ru недостава́ть (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ro îi fi dor (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · km ខុយ (to fail to hit) · hu mellémegy (to fail to hit) · ga cronaigh (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · nb overse (to fail to notice, to overlook) · eo maltrafi (to fail to hit) · lb verfeelen (to fail to hit) · id merindukan (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · hu hiányzik (with -ból/-ből) (to lack something) · ja 見逃す (to fail to notice, to overlook) · az qaçırmaq (to be late for something) · ro rata (to be late for something) · de mangeln (to lack something) · acw اَشْتَاق (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · el αστοχώ (to fail to hit) · pt desperceber (to fail to notice, to overlook) · fi kaivata (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · pl przeoczyć (to fail to notice, to overlook) · ja 取り損なう (to fail to hit) · shi aɣ amarg (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fr négliger (to fail to notice, to overlook) · la careō (to lack something) · bg пропускам (to fail to attend) · km នឹក (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · hy կարոտել (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · pl pudłować (to fail to hit) · grc παροράω (to fail to notice, to overlook) · fi ohittaa (to fail to achieve or attain) · cmn 盼念 (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · la nōn comprehendō (to fail to understand) · pt sentir saudade(s) de (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ro îi lipsi (to lack something) · hu hiányol (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · gd ionndrainn (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fi mokata (to fail to achieve or attain) · pl cnić się (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fi välttää (to avoid; to escape) · eo manki (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ja 寂しがる (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · pl spóźnić się (to be late for something) · is sakna (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · he החטיא (to fail to hit) · cs postrádat (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · hu eltéveszt (to fail to hit) · es faltar (to lack something) · ro trece cu vederea (to fail to notice, to overlook) · sv missa (to fail to attend) · ne चुकाउनु (to fail to hit) · mi kape (to fail to notice, to overlook) · ro îi lipsi (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · he הִתְגַּעְגֵּעַ (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fr manquer (to fail to attend) · acw وَحَشْ (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · da misse (to fail to hit) · es dejar pasar (to fail to attend) · pt perder (to be late for something) · ru избежа́ть (to avoid; to escape) · de verfehlen (to fail to hit) · nrf mantchi (to fail to hit) · pt não compreender (to fail to understand) · fi ei ymmärtää (to fail to understand) · vi trật (to fail to hit) · nb savne (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · uk скуча́ти (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · vi hụt (to fail to hit) · hu megúszik (to avoid; to escape) · de sich sehnen (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · km ខកខាន (to fail to attend) · az darıxmaq (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · mi aroaroā (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ga airigh ó (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · vi trễ (to be late for something) · sk chýbať (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fi vetää ohi (to fail to hit) · cmn 錯過 /错过 (to be late for something) · ja 憧れる (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · gl botar en falta (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · es pasársele (to fail to notice, to overlook) · km បាញ់ខុស (to fail to hit) · tr ıskalamak (to fail to hit) · sv bomma (to fail to hit) · lv trūkt (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · nl missen (to lack something) · grc ὑπερβλέπω (to fail to notice, to overlook) · es desaprovechar (to fail to attend) · es missear (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · he פספס (to fail to attend) · se maŋŋonit (to be late for something) · ru просмотре́ть (to fail to notice, to overlook) · pl przegapiać (to fail to notice, to overlook) · cmn 錯 /错 (to fail to hit) · fi ampua ohi (to fail to hit) · la desum (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · lb vermëssen (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · da mangle (to lack something) · mi tohipa (to fail to hit) · hu elnéz (to fail to notice, to overlook) · nl missen (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · gd rach iomrall (to fail to hit) · el νοσταλγώ (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ro rata (to fail to achieve or attain) · es faltar a (to fail to attend) · la omittō (to fail to notice, to overlook) · fi missata (to fail to understand) · pl spudłować (to fail to hit) · hu elszalaszt (to fail to attend) · cmn 思念 (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · sv undvika (to avoid; to escape) · fi missata (to fail to hit) · pl nie zrozumieć (to fail to understand) · ru не попа́сть (to fail to hit) · fi ei päästä (to fail to attend) · ru не заме́тить (to fail to notice, to overlook) · fi missata (to fail to attend) · sv missa (to fail to understand) · sk zmeškať (to be late for something) · pl chybiać (to fail to hit) · he הֶחְמִיץ (to fail to attend) · fr louper (to fail to notice, to overlook) · ar اِفْتَقَدَ (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · cmn 未擊中 /未击中 (to fail to hit) · pt evitar (to avoid; to escape) · fi mennä ohi (to fail to hit) · es marrar (to fail to hit) · hu elhibáz (to fail to hit) · fi olla poissa (to fail to attend) · ru упуска́ть (to fail to achieve or attain) · de nicht bemerken (to fail to notice, to overlook) · es pasar por alto (to fail to notice, to overlook) · ru тоскова́ть (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · hu elkerüli a figyelmét (to fail to notice, to overlook) · pl spóźniać się (to be late for something) · sl zamuditi (to be late for something) · grc ἀστοχέω (to fail to hit) · ru опозда́ть (to be late for something) · it no capire (to fail to understand) · mn үгүйлэх (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · bg чувствам липсата на (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · es perderse (to fail to attend) · ca perdre (to be late for something) · ru не поня́ть (to fail to understand) · nl missen (to avoid; to escape) · izh ikävöijä (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ru пропусти́ть (to fail to notice, to overlook) · th พลาด (to fail to hit) · ja 恋い慕う (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · de übersehen (to fail to notice, to overlook) · cmn 漏掉 (to fail to notice, to overlook) · ro îi scăpa (to fail to notice, to overlook) · nl ontwijken (to avoid; to escape) · nl ergens overheen lezen (to fail to understand) · nl missen (to fail to hit) · qu watukuy (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fi puuttua (to lack something) · hrx ferbasse (to be late for something) · ja しそこなう (to fail to hit) · hu hiányzik (with -nak/-nek) (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · yue 錯過 /错过 (to be late for something) · mi hauare (to fail to hit) · bg пропускам (to fail to hit) · hu elszalaszt (to fail to achieve or attain) · cs zmeškat (to be late for something) · pl tęsknić (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fr rater (to fail to hit) · tr gözden kaçırmak (to fail to notice, to overlook) · nn sakna (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · km ខ្វះ (to lack something) · de verpassen (to be late for something) · ar اِشْتَاقَ (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ka აიგნორებს (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ja 見落とす (to fail to notice, to overlook) · pt faltar (to fail to attend) · gl botar en falla (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · cmn 想念 (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fi myöhästyä (to be late for something) · sv missa (to fail to hit) · acw أَوْحَشْ (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ru прома́зать (to fail to hit) · km នឹករលឹក (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · hu elmulaszt (to fail to attend) · es perder (to be late for something) · es fallar (to fail to hit) · sh promašiti (to fail to hit) · af mis (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · sl pogrešati (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · he הֶחְמִיץ (to be late for something) · ro evita (to avoid; to escape) · cs přehlédnout (to fail to notice, to overlook) · it mancare (to fail to attend) · hu nem vesz észre (to fail to notice, to overlook) · tr kaçırmak (to fail to achieve or attain) · vi nhớ (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · es extrañar (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fi ei tajuta (to fail to understand) · pl cknić się (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · gd caill (to be late for something) · fr rater (to fail to attend) · ca fallar (to fail to hit) · mi mānakonako (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · pt não perceber (to fail to understand) · ru пропуска́ть (to fail to attend) · cs netrefit (to fail to hit) · ca passar per alt (to fail to notice, to overlook) · ca trobar a faltar (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ro rata (to fail to hit) · it perdere (to be late for something) · hu elkerül (to avoid; to escape) · pl przeoczać (to fail to notice, to overlook) · ru упусти́ть из ви́ду (to fail to notice, to overlook) · nn bomma (to fail to hit) · mi hihipa (to fail to hit) · tr sağınmak (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · bg изпускам (to fail to achieve or attain) · da savne (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · cmn 想 (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ru скуча́ть (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · arz وحش (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ca no comprendre (to fail to understand) · la egeō (to lack something) · la fallō comprehendere (to fail to understand) · sv förbise (to fail to notice, to overlook) · la dēsīderō (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · vi trượt (to fail to hit) · lv netrāpīt (to fail to hit) · fi lyödä ohi (to fail to hit) · ro rata (to fail to attend) · hu nem ért meg (to fail to understand) · cmn 錯過 /错过 (to fail to hit) · nl niet snappen (to fail to understand) · nl ergens overheen kijken (to fail to understand) · mi hemo (to fail to hit) · la dēsum audīre (to fail to attend) · be сумава́ць (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · it mancare (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · tr kaçırmak (to be late for something) · de vermissen (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ms merindui (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fi ei osua (to fail to hit) · lb verpassen (to fail to attend) · hu lekésik (to be late for something) · sl pogrešiti (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · es hacer falta (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · km ឡាក (to fail to hit) · ru пропусти́ть (to fail to attend) · pt falhar (to fail to hit) · eu falta nabaritu (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · sh previdjeti (to fail to notice, to overlook) · sh propustiti (to fail to attend) · hu elvét (to fail to hit) · sk minúť (to fail to hit) · vi lỡ (to fail to attend) · sv missa (to be late for something) · sk nemať (to lack something) · la dēsum interesse (to fail to attend) · lt ilgėtis (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · cy hiraethu am (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · izh ikävöittää (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · cmn 未打中 (to fail to hit) · da ramme ved siden af (to fail to hit) · cmn 蹉 (to fail to hit) · cmn 未達到 /未达到 (to fail to hit) · km ខាន (to lack something) · ar أَخْطَأَ (to fail to hit) · sv sakna (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · fr manquer (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ckb لەدەسچون (to be late for something) · es echar de menos (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · cy gweld eisiau (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · sl zgrešiti (to fail to hit) · sh nedostajati (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · la desidero (to fail to hit) · arz يوحش (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · sk nepochopiť (to fail to understand) · apc راح على (to fail to attend) · et igatsema (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · oj gwiinawenim (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · cs minout (to fail to hit) · eo malesti (to fail to attend) · nl missen (to be late for something) · cmn 忽略 (to fail to notice, to overlook) · nl over het hoofd zien (to fail to notice, to overlook) · bg избягвам (to avoid; to escape) · es errar (to fail to hit) · pl nie rozumieć (to fail to understand) · km ខុសស្រឡះ (to fail to hit) · ca enyorar (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · uk сумува́ти (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ne अभाव महसुस गर्नु (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · sk zmeškať (to fail to attend) · ar فَاتَ (to fail to attend) · fr manquer (to fail to hit) · fi missata (to be late for something) · tr kaçırmak (to fail to understand) · nv yíhásááh (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · nrf mantchi (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ko 놓치다 (to fail to hit) · tr kaçırmak (to fail to attend) · ru упусти́ть (to fail to achieve or attain) · ro pierde (to be late for something) · fr ne comprendre pas (to fail to understand) · gl errar (to fail to hit) · es no entender (to fail to understand) · hu nem ért (to fail to understand) · tr özlemek (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · pt sentir falta de (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · yue 掛住 /挂住 (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · cs chybět (to fail to attend) · fr regretter (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · ru промахну́ться (to fail to hit) · pl przegapić (to fail to notice, to overlook) · fi menettää (to fail to achieve or attain) · ru упусти́ть (to be late for something) · th คิดถึง (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · el λείπω (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · eu falta izan (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · gl fallar (to fail to hit) · he פִסְפֵס (to fail to hit) · hu lemarad (with -ról/-ről) (to fail to achieve or attain) · ca perdre (to fail to attend) · ko 그리워하다 (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · bg не разбирам (to fail to understand) · es añorar (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · uk пропустити (to fail to attend) · it perdere (to fail to achieve or attain) · ru избега́ть (to avoid; to escape) · fi ei ehtiä (to be late for something) · it mancare (to fail to hit) · he פספס (to be late for something) · el χάνω (to be late for something) · pl chybić (to fail to hit) · fi ikävöidä (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · bo དྲན (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) · cs vyhnout se (to avoid; to escape) · pt errar (to fail to hit) · nl missen (to fail to attend) · bg недоглеждам (to fail to notice, to overlook) · de verpassen (to fail to attend)
(countable, uncountable) An 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:
(countable, uncountable) A 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:
(countable, uncountable) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.