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- [mis]
- /mɪs/
- /mɪs/
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- [mis]
- /mɪs/
Definitions of misses word
- verb with object misses to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target. 1
- verb with object misses to fail to encounter, meet, catch, etc.: to miss a train. 1
- verb with object misses to fail to take advantage of: to miss a chance. 1
- verb with object misses to fail to be present at or for: to miss a day of school. 1
- verb with object misses to notice the absence or loss of: When did you first miss your wallet? 1
- verb with object misses to regret the absence or loss of: I miss you all dreadfully. 1
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Origin of misses
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English missen, Old English missan; cognate with Old Frisian missa, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old High German missen, Old Norse missa to fail to hit or reach
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Parts of speech for Misses
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
misses popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
misses usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for misses
noun misses
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- errors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of error.
- miscues — Plural form of miscue.
- absences — state of being away or not being present: I acted as supervisor in his absence. Your absence was noted on the records.
- defaults — Plural form of default.
Antonyms for misses
noun misses
- abundances — Plural form of abundance.
- advantages — A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
- certainties — Plural form of certainty.
- corrections — Plural form of correction.
- successes — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
verb misses
- dos — any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.
- faces — Plural form of face.
- finds — Plural form of find.
- fixes — Plural form of fix.
- keeps — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
verb with object misses
- ses — the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
Top questions with misses
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