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adjective
Idiom1.
lacking, absent, or not found: a missing person.
2.
go missing, Chiefly British. to disappear; become lost: My keys have gone missing.
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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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEto 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
Verb phrases11.
a failure to hit something.
12.
a failure of any kind.
13.
an omission.
14.
a misfire.
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miss out, Chiefly British. to omit; leave out.
16.
Idiommiss out on, to fail to take advantage of, experience, etc.: You missed out on a great opportunity.
17.
miss fire. fire (def. 52).
Origin:
before 900; Middle English missen, Old English missan; cognate with Old Frisian missa, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old High German missen, Old Norse missa to fail to hit or reach
before 900; Middle English missen, Old English missan; cognate with Old Frisian missa, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old High German missen, Old Norse missa to fail to hit or reach
Related forms
miss·a·ble, adjective
un·miss·a·ble, adjective
un·missed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
miss
"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
EXPAND an underworld euphemism for "the monosyllable."
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