Miss
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
How often you will meet it
Rank 205 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 113,602 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.054% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind also: lose I missed that remarkShe missed his point
- feel or suffer from the lack of He misses his mother
- fail to attend an event or activity I missed the concertHe missed school for a week
- leave undone or leave out also: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, leave out, overlook How could I miss that typo?The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
- fail to reach or get to She missed her train
- be without also: lack This soup lacks saltThere is something missing in my jewelry box!
Miss in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Miss Howard shook hands with a hearty, almost painful, grip.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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She wondered how on earth Miss Oakley would manage them.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Trieve was second in command, and had been known as "Miss" Trieve.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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My one wish now is to join you in being of use to Bobby and Miss Katherine in their bereavement.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Primrose, however, would not have it; even Miss Martineau, who was their teacher, and perhaps their warmest friend, was refused admittance.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1