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Meaning
Verb
●
To
fail
to hit.
●
To
fail
to
achieve
or attain.
●
To
avoid
; to escape.
●
To become
aware
of the
loss
or
absence
of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
●
To
fail
to understand;
●
To
fail to notice
; to have a
shortcoming
of
perception
; overlook.
●
To
fail
to attend.
●
To
be late
for something (a
means of transportation
, a
deadline
, etc.).
●
To be
wanting
; to
lack
something that should be present.
●
To
spare
someone of something
unwanted
or undesirable.
●
In Poker:
To
fail
to help the
hand
of a player.
●
In Sports:
To
fail
to
score
(a goal).
●
To
go wrong
; to err.
●
To be
absent
,
deficient
, or wanting.
Noun
●
A
failure
to hit.
●
A
failure
to
obtain
or accomplish.
●
An
act
of
avoidance
(usually used with the
verb
give)
●
In Computing:
The
situation
where an
item
is not found in a
cache
and therefore needs to be
explicitly
loaded.
●
Error,
fault
;
misdeed
,
wrongdoing
, sin.
●
Hurt or
harm
from a
mistake
or accident.
●
Loss,
lack
want; hence, the
feeling
of
loss
.
●
A
title
of
respect
for a
young
woman
(usually
unmarried
) with or without a
name
used.
●
In Female:
An
unmarried
woman
; a girl.
●
A
kept woman
; a mistress.
●
In Card games:
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.
●
Form of
address
, now used
chiefly
for an
unmarried
woman
; used
chiefly
of
girls
before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of
adult
women without
regard
to
marital
status.
●
Form of
address
for a
teacher
or a waitress.
●
Initialism of
medium
intensity
steady
state.
●
Initialism of
microbially
induced
sedimentary
structure.
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Origin
miss
English
missen
Middle English (1100-1500)
missan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Hit
Strike
Have
Feature
Run Into
Related
Forget
Skip
Lose
Remember
Regret
Love
Overlook
Notice
Catch
Appreciate
Hate
Find
Leave
Adore
Take
Hear
Neglect
Ignore
Mistake
Experience
Try
Error
Encounter
Cherish
Enjoy
Delay
Hit
Accept
Play
Dislike
Win
Give
Visit
Watch
Fail
Attend
Call
Drop
Receive
Accident
Madam
Query
Jinx
Omit
Know
Pick
Loose
Share
Discover
Sir
Understand
Throw
Skipped
Mess Up
Pick Up
Give Up
Screw Up
Take Away
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Rhymes
Cis
Dis
Sis
Dis
Bis
Fiss
This
Viss
Ciss
Tris
Cis-
Bris
Tris
Hiss
Diss
Cris
Kiss
Miss
Miss
Piss
Swiss
Amiss
Swiss
Chris
Bliss
Bliss
Abyss
Priss
Arris
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