miss: signification et définitions

To fail to hit, reach, catch, meet, or otherwise make contact with.

To fail to perceive, understand, or experience: completely missed the point of the film.

To fail to accomplish, achieve, or attain (a goal).

To fail to attend or perform: never missed a day of work.

To leave out; omit.

To let go by; let slip: miss a chance.

To escape or avoid: narrowly missed crashing into the tree.

To discover the absence or loss of: I missed my book after getting off the bus.

To feel the lack or loss of: Do you miss your family?

To fail to hit or otherwise make contact with something: fired the final shot and missed again.

To be unsuccessful; fail.

To misfire, as an internal-combustion engine.

A failure to hit, succeed, or find.

The misfiring of an engine.

miss fire To fail to discharge. Used of a firearm.

miss fire To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

miss out on To lose a chance for: missed out on the promotion.

miss the boat Informal To fail to avail oneself of an opportunity.

miss the boat Informal To fail to understand.

Used as a courtesy title before the surname or full name of a girl or single woman. See Usage Note at Ms.

Used as a form of polite address for a girl or young woman: I beg your pardon, miss.

A young unmarried woman.

Used in informal titles for a young woman to indicate the epitomizing of an attribute or activity: Miss Organization; Miss Opera.

A series of clothing sizes for women and girls of average height and proportions.