—used as a title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl
b
—used before the name of a place or of a line of activity or before some epithet to form a title for a usually young unmarried female who is representative of the thing indicated
Miss America
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: young lady—used without a name as a conventional term of address to a young woman
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: a young unmarried woman or girl
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misses plural: a clothing size for women of average height and build
Verb He swung and missed the ball completely. The shot missed the goal by inches. The batter swung and missed. She took three shots and missed every time. I would hate to miss this opportunity. She could have joined us, but she missed her chance. They missed a payment on their car loan. He was in such a hurry that he missed breakfast. See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Old English missan; akin to Old High German missan to miss