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miss·a·ble, adjectiveun·miss·a·ble, adjectiveun·missed, adjectiveWords nearby miss
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- a range of sizes, chiefly from 6 to 20, for garments that fit women of average height and build.
- the department or section of a store where these garments are sold.
- a garment in this size range.
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MORE ABOUT MISS
What is a basic definition of miss?
Miss means to fail to hit something, to fail to meet something, or to feel sadness over the absence or loss of something. The word miss has several other senses as a verb and a noun.
To miss something is to fail to hit or strike something, as with an arrow missing a target. If a runaway vehicle misses a stop sign, then it doesn’t smash into it.
- Real-life examples: If you throw a basketball to your friend and they don’t catch it, the ball misses. When a baseball player misses a baseball with their bat, they try to hit the ball with the bat but fail to. A bowling ball that doesn’t knock down any pins has missed them.
- Used in a sentence: Luckily, the falling tree branch missed me by a few inches and landed on the ground instead of on my head.
Miss is used in this same sense as a noun to mean a failure to strike something.
- Used in a sentence: All of his attempts to throw the basketball into the hoop were misses.
Miss is also used to mean to fail to meet something or someone.
- Real-life examples: If you are late meeting up with a friend, they might leave and you’ll miss them. If you take too long to get to the bus stop, the bus will leave without you and you’ll miss it.
- Used in a sentence: She missed the morning train and had to wait until the next one came.
Miss is also used to mean to feel sad that something is gone or absent.
- Real-life examples: Parents often miss their children after they move out of the house. Everybody misses loved ones who have died. A person may miss a favorite food that is no longer being made.
- Used in a sentence: The freezing man missed the heat of Florida.
Where does miss come from?
The first records of miss come from before 900. It ultimately comes from the Old English word missan and is related to similar words with the same meaning, such as the Old High German missen and the Old Norse missa.
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What are some other forms related to miss?
- missable (adjective)
- unmissable (adjective)
- umissed (adjective)
What are some synonyms for miss?
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How is miss used in real life?
Miss is a very common word that most often means to fail to hit something.
I just fell asleep driving, drove off the road, and barely missed a tree..
— ev-v (@enkking18) September 3, 2014
I missed the bus to Missouri this morning 😭😭
— Ale 🥱 (@alesan2424) April 17, 2016
I'm going to miss my dog once I have to go back into the office for work.
— Carla Notarobot 🤖👩🏻💻 (@CarlaNotarobot) November 29, 2020
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Is miss used correctly in the following sentence?
Sarah swung the bat too late and missed hitting the ball.