Meaning of "miss" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MISS

Old English missan (meaning: to fail to hit); related to Old High German missan, Old Norse missa.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MISS

miss  [mɪs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISS

Miss is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb miss in English.

WHAT DOES MISS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Miss

Miss is an English language honorific traditionally used only for an unmarried woman. Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of mistress, which was used for all women. A period is not used to signify the contraction. Its counterparts are Mrs., usually used only for married women, and Ms., which can be used for married or unmarried women. The plural Misses may be used, such as in The Misses Doe. The traditional French "Mesdemoiselles" may also be used as the plural in English language conversation or correspondence.

Definition of miss in the English dictionary

The first definition of miss in the dictionary is to fail to reach, hit, meet, find, or attain. Other definition of miss is to fail to attend or be present for. Miss is also to fail to see, hear, understand, or perceive.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISS

PRESENT

Present

I miss

you miss

he/she/it misses

we miss

you miss

they miss

Present continuous

I am missing

you are missing

he/she/it is missing

we are missing

you are missing

they are missing

Present perfect

I have missed

you have missed

he/she/it has missed

we have missed

you have missed

they have missed

Present perfect continuous

I have been missing

you have been missing

he/she/it has been missing

we have been missing

you have been missing

they have been missing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I missed

you missed

he/she/it missed

we missed

you missed

they missed

Past continuous

I was missing

you were missing

he/she/it was missing

we were missing

you were missing

they were missing

Past perfect

I had missed

you had missed

he/she/it had missed

we had missed

you had missed

they had missed

Past perfect continuous

I had been missing

you had been missing

he/she/it had been missing

we had been missing

you had been missing

they had been missing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will miss

you will miss

he/she/it will miss

we will miss

you will miss

they will miss

Future continuous

I will be missing

you will be missing

he/she/it will be missing

we will be missing

you will be missing

they will be missing

Future perfect

I will have missed

you will have missed

he/she/it will have missed

we will have missed

you will have missed

they will have missed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been missing

you will have been missing

he/she/it will have been missing

we will have been missing

you will have been missing

they will have been missing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would miss

you would miss

he/she/it would miss

we would miss

you would miss

they would miss

Conditional continuous

I would be missing

you would be missing

he/she/it would be missing

we would be missing

you would be missing

they would be missing

Conditional perfect

I would have miss

you would have miss

he/she/it would have miss

we would have miss

you would have miss

they would have miss

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been missing

you would have been missing

he/she/it would have been missing

we would have been missing

you would have been missing

they would have been missing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you miss
we let´s miss
you miss

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to miss

Past participle

missed

Present Participle

missing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MISS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «miss» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of miss

avoid · beat · bludge · blunder · bypass · cheat · circumvent · cut · damsel · disregard · dodge · duck · elude · err · error · escape · evade · fail · failure · fault · fluff · forego · fumble · get round · girl · give a wide berth to · lack · lass · lassie · leave out · let go · let slip · lose · lose out on · maid · maiden · miscarry · mishear · mishit · mistake · misunderstand · need · omission · omit · overlook · oversight · pass over · pass up · schoolgirl · sidestep · skip · skirt · slip · spinster · steer clear of · trip · want · young lady

TRANSLATION OF MISS

Find out the translation of miss to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of miss from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «miss» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 未击中
• Translator English - Spanish: errar
• English: miss
• Translator English - Hindi: मिस
• Translator English - Arabic: يَفْتَقِدُ
• Translator English - Russian: пропустить
• Translator English - Portuguese: perder
• Translator English - Bengali: হারানো
• Translator English - French: manquer
• Translator English - Malay: Terlepas
• Translator English - German: verfehlen
• Translator English - Japanese: 見逃す
• Translator English - Korean: (겨냥한 것을) 놓치다
• Translator English - Javanese: Miss
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bỏ lỡ
• Translator English - Tamil: மிஸ்
• Translator English - Marathi: मिस
• Translator English - Turkish: bayan
• Translator English - Italian: mancare
• Translator English - Polish: chybić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пропускати
• Translator English - Romanian: a rata
• Translator English - Greek: χάνω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: mis
• Translator English - Swedish: sakna
• Translator English - Norwegian: savne

10 QUOTES WITH «MISS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word miss.

1

Yolanda Adams

I was brought up by great parents and great grandparents who told me, 'Never, ever think that you're better than anyone else or that what you do is so important that the world won't miss you once you're gone,' and I kind of translate that into the stardom thing.

2

Roger Ailes

Everybody fears the unknown. But I have a strong feeling there's something bigger than us. I don't think all this exists because some rocks happened to collide. I'm at peace. When it comes, I'll be fine, calm. I'll miss life, though. Especially my family.

3

Paul Thomas Anderson

I don't miss scenes at all the way that I used to miss them when I was younger making a film. It's actually quite fun to get rid of them now.

4

Saint Augustine

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

5

Traian Basescu

I assure you I will not miss the chance to show you that you were right when you voted for me.

6

Julie Benz

I would love to re-visit Darla. I miss her. I really do.

7

Justin Berfield

L.A. can be intense, but the second you get over the hill into Calabasas, your stress level immediately drops because it's so peaceful and safe. Sometimes I really miss it.

8

Danny Bonaduce

I'm really going to miss me.

9

Jacob Bronowski

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

10

Catherine Crier

I loved being a judge, and sometimes I miss the power of the gavel, but this is a lot more fun.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISS»

Discover the use of miss in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to miss and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller

Told in first person, Annie Sullivan’s past, her brazen determination, and her connection to the girl who would call her Teacher are vividly depicted in this powerful novel.

Sarah Miller, 2009

Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust

Two classic novels are included in a single volume, first, Miss Lonelyhearts, about a newspaper reporter seeking to avoid writing an agony column, with only his cynical editor Shrike in the way, the second, The Day of the Locust, about Tod ...

Nathanael West, 2009

Lily and Miss Liberty

A little girl makes crowns and sells them to help raise money for the pedestal needed for mounting France's gift of the Statue of Liberty to this country.

Carla Stevens, 1992

Miss Julie and Other Plays

The five plays translated here are those on which Strindberg's international reputation as a dramatist principally rests and this edition embraces his crucial transition from Naturalism to Modernism, from his two finest achievements as a ...

Johan August Strindberg, Michael Robinson, 1998

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story.”—John Green, New York Times best-selling author of The Fault in Our Stars “With its X-Men: First Class-meets-time-travel story line, David Lynchian ...

Ransom Riggs, 2011

Miss Nelson is Missing!

The arrival of a strict substitute convinces Miss Nelson's students that they must get their teacher back.

Harry Allard, 1977

Miss Mapp

Miss Mapp thereupon began to smile and hum a tune. Then the smile widened and the tune stopped. "Yes, Withers?" she said. "Were you looking for me?" "Yes, Miss," said Withers. "Miss Poppit has just rung you up—" Miss Mapp looked much  ...

E. F. Benson, 2011

Miss New India

By the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of India: In Word and Image. 25,000 first printing.

Bharati Mukherjee, 2011

Miss Temptation

"Miss Temptation (Susanna) is beautiful, exciting and every man's dream.

Kurt Vonnegut, 1993

Miss Bangkok: Memoirs of a Thai Prostitute

Bua speaks of the loneliness and desperation that results from working in the loveless sex industry, finally dispelling misconceptions held by many, and divulging secrets, tricks of her trade and everything else that goes on behind closed ...

Bua Boonmee, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term miss is used in the context of the following news items.

Russian football's 'Miss Charming' contest winner deposed in neo …

Russian football's 'Miss Charming' contest winner deposed in neo-Nazi ... “Miss Charming”, had posted neo-Nazi messages on social media. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Mike Hilton has star power in Ole Miss' secondary

Former Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt originally recruited Hilton out of the Peach State. Freeze made the 330-mile trek from Oxford to Tyrone to ... «ESPN, Jul 15»

Youngsters dazzle at Boone County Fair's Little Mister and Miss …

Devin Weaver, 5, introduces himself to the crowd and the judges at the Little Mister and Miss Boone County contest during the Boone County ... «Columbia Missourian, Jul 15»

Ole Miss sports leads supply drive after Batesville school fire

After a fire destroyed the kindergarten building at Batesville Elementary School two weeks ago, the Ole Miss athletic department is stepping up ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jul 15»

Report: NCAA to charge former Vols coach Donnie Tyndall …

The lengthy NCAA investigation into former Tennessee basketball coach Donnie Tyndall and the Southern Miss program he departed to briefly ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»

Oklahoma State DT Vili Leveni to miss 2015 season

Vili Leveni, a redshirt sophomore defensive tackle, will miss the season after having Achilles surgery, Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy said at ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»

Hey, Miss Piggy ... Call Me!

Count Rihanna among the fans of Miss Piggy's cover of "Bitch Better Have My Money" ... she's even open to working with everyone's favorite ... «TMZ.com, Jul 15»

Apple IPhone Shipments, Revenue Forecast Miss Estimates

Apple Inc.'s iPhone shipments for the fiscal third quarter and the company's revenue forecast for the current period missed analysts' projections, ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»

Ole Miss hires Team USA's Olympic track & field coach

Give credit to the Ole Miss athletic department: all this talk of diversity and progressive thinking is more than lip service. Five days after Hugh ... «Red Cup Rebellion, Jul 15»

Miss USA 2015: Olivia Jordan Says Nude Movie Scenes Are 'OK …

Olivia Jordan says that everything is “OK” for Miss Oklahoma now that she has been crowned Miss USA 2015. While Jordan is all set to ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»