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miss

1[mis]
–verb (used with object)
1. to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
2. to fail to encounter, meet, catch, etc.: to miss a train.
3. to fail to take advantage of: to miss a chance.
4. to fail to be present at or for: to miss a day of school.
5. to notice the absence or loss of: When did you first miss your wallet?
6. to regret the absence or loss of: I miss you all dreadfully.
7. to escape or avoid: He just missed being caught.
8. to fail to perceive or understand: to miss the point of a remark.
–verb (used without object)
9. to fail to hit something.
10. to fail of effect or success; be unsuccessful.
–noun
11. a failure to hit something.
12. a failure of any kind.
13. an omission.
14. a misfire.
15. miss out, Chiefly British. to omit; leave out.
16. miss out on, to fail to take advantage of, experience, etc.: You missed out on a great opportunity.
17. miss fire. fire (def. 52).

Origin:
bef. 900; ME missen, OE missan; c. OFris missa, MLG, MD, OHG missen, ON missa to fail to hit or reach


miss⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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Main Entry:  miss out
Part of Speech:  v
Definition:  fail to get an opportunity or experience
Usage:  colloquial
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Word Origin & History

miss  (n.)
"the term of honour to a young girl" [Johnson], shortened form of mistress. Earliest use (1645) is for "prostitute, concubine;" sense of "title for a young unmarried woman, girl" first recorded 1666. In the 1811 reprint of the slang dictionary, Miss Laycock is given as an underworld euphemism for "the monosyllable."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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