miss (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 12 senses of the word *miss / Miss*:
VERB	perception	miss, lose	fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
emotion	miss	feel or suffer from the lack of
stative	miss	fail to attend an event or activity
cognition	miss, neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, leave out, overlook, overleap	leave undone or leave out
motion	miss	fail to reach or get to
stative	miss, lack	be without
contact	miss	fail to reach
stative	miss	be absent
communication	miss, escape	fail to experience
NOUN	person	miss, girl, missy, young lady, young woman, fille	a young woman
event	miss, misfire	a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
communication	Miss	a form of address for an unmarried woman

miss / Miss > pronunciation
Sounds	mih's
Rhymes	abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs...

English > *miss*: 12 senses > noun 1, person
Meaning	A young woman.
Synonyms	girl, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
Narrower	Gibson girl	The idealized American girl of the 1890s as pictured by C. D. Gibson
	May queen, queen of the May	The girl chosen queen of a May Day festival
	belle	A young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
	bimbo	A young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men
	chachka, tsatske, tshatshke, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh	(Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman
	chit	A dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect
	colleen	An Irish girl
	dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird	informal terms for a (young) woman
	flapper	A young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress
	gal	alliterative term for girl (or woman)
	gamine	A girl of impish appeal
	lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille	A girl or young woman who is unmarried
	maid, maiden	An unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
	mill-girl	A girl who works in a mill
	party girl	An attractive young woman hired to attend parties / parties and entertain men
	peri	A beautiful and graceful girl
	ring girl	A young woman who holds up cards indicating the number of the next round at prize fights
	rosebud	(a literary reference to) a pretty young girl
	sex kitten, sexpot, sex bomb	A young woman who is thought to have sex appeal
	shop girl	A young female shop assistant
	soubrette	A pert or flirtatious young girl
	sweater girl	A girl with an attractive bust who wears tight sweaters
	tomboy, romp, hoyden	A girl who behaves in a boyish manner
	valley girl	A girl who grew up in the tract housing in the San Fernando Valley
	working girl	A young woman who is employed
Broader	woman, adult female	An adult female person (as opposed to a man)
Spanish	chica, chico, fille, jovencita, joven, muchacha, mujercita, niña, señorita, señorito
Catalan	fille, noia, senyoreta

English > *miss*: 12 senses > noun 2, event
Meaning	A failure to hit (or meet or find etc).
Synonym	misfire
Broader	failure	An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
Spanish	desacierto, fallo, olvido, yerro
Verbs	miss	fail to reach
Verbs	miss	fail to reach or get to

English > *Miss*: 12 senses > noun 3, communication
Meaning	A form of address for an unmarried woman.
Broader	title, title of respect, form of address	An identifying appellation signifying status or function
Spanish	pn000, señorita
Catalan	pn000, senyoreta

English > *miss*: 12 senses > verb 1, perception
Meaning	fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Examples	"I missed that remark" "She missed his point"
Synonym	lose
Narrower	overlook	look past, fail to notice
Spanish	escaparse, perder
Catalan	escapar-se, perdre

English > *miss*: 12 senses > verb 2, emotion
Meaning	Feel or suffer from the lack of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Model	They miss moving
Example	"He misses his mother"
Entails	repent, regret, rue	Feel remorse for
Narrower	regret	Feel sad about the loss or absence of
Broader	desire, want	Feel or have a desire for
Spanish	añorar, echar de menos, extrañar
Catalan	enyorar, perdre, sentir enyorança de, trobar a faltar

English > *miss*: 12 senses > verb 3, stative
Meaning	fail to attend an event or activity.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"I missed the concert" "He missed school for a week"
Narrower	cut, skip	intentionally fail to attend
Broader	fail, neglect	fail to do something
Opposite	attend, go to	Be present at (meetings, church services, university) , etc.
Spanish	perderse

English > *miss*: 12 senses > verb 4, cognition
Meaning	Leave undone or leave out.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Examples	"How could I miss that typo?" "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Synonyms	neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, leave out, overlook, overleap
Narrower	forget	forget to do something
Narrower	jump, pass over, skip, skip over	Bypass
Opposite	attend to, take to heart	get down to
Spanish	omitir
Catalan	ometre

English > *miss*: 12 senses > verb 5, motion
Meaning	fail to reach or get to.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Example	"She missed her train"
Entails	travel, go, move, locomote	change location
Broader	fail, go wrong, miscarry	Be unsuccessful
Spanish	perder
Nouns	miss	a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

English > *miss*: 12 senses > verb 6, stative
Meaning	Be without.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Example	"There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
Synonym	lack
Narrower	exclude	lack or fail to include
Narrower	want	Be without, lack
Opposite	have, feature	Have as a feature
Spanish	carecer de, carecer, fallir, faltar
Catalan	faltar, mancar, no tenir

English > *miss*: 12 senses > verb 7, contact
Meaning	fail to reach.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Example	"The arrow missed the target"
Narrower	overshoot	Shoot beyond or over (a target)
Narrower	undershoot	Shoot short of or below (a target)
Opposite	hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with	hit against
Spanish	errar, fallar
Catalan	errar, fallar
Nouns	miss	a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

English > *miss*: 12 senses > verb 8, stative
Meaning	Be absent.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Example	"The child had been missing for a week"
Spanish	ausentarse
Catalan	absentar-se

English > *miss*: 12 senses > verb 9, communication
Meaning	fail to experience.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Example	"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
Synonym	escape
Broader	avoid	Stay clear from
Spanish	echar de menos, escaparse, escapar, perderse
Catalan	anar-se'n, escapar, escapolir-se, evadir-se, fugir, marxar, tocar el dos

HyperDic: miss