miss

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miss Definition

• (n) a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
• (n) a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
• (v) fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"
• (v) feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"
• (v) fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
• (v) leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
• (v) fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train"
• (v) be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"
• (v) fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"
• (v) be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"
• (v) fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"

miss Synonyms

• drop
• escape
• fille
• girl
• lack
• leave out
• lose
• misfire
• miss
• missy
• neglect
• omit
• overleap
• overlook
• pretermit
• young lady
• young woman