OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17475

miss

/mɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fallo
A failure to physically hit.
"I ran from one place to another, and as it was not difficult to get a shot at him, I fired several times, but only made miss after miss."
In eight shots at the target he had six misses.
Word forms
📚 noun • entry_id 17476

miss

/mɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
seño • señorita
An unmarried woman; a girl.
While thus the fiends, with wily art, Adroitly stole upon the heart, And with their complaisance, and tales, Had ruind more than half the males, Gay Vanity, with smiles, and kisses…
📚 noun • entry_id 24977

Miss

/mɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
seño • señorita
A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
The victim was named as Miss Jane Doe.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 17474

miss

/mɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
errar • fallar • marrar
To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.
I fired the gun, but the bullet missed the target.
I tried to kick the ball, but missed.
dejar pasar • desaprovechar • faltar a • perderse
To fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.
I usually watch the Oscars Ceremonies, but I missed it this year.
Joe missed the meeting this morning.
añorar • echar de menos • extrañar • hacer falta • missear (misear)
To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.
I miss going for walks along the beach.
I miss you! Come home soon!
no entender
To fail to understand.
to miss the joke
pasar por alto • pasársele
To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
So I'm just going over my early notes, see if I missed anything.
faltar
To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).
The car is missing essential features.
This jigsaw is missing several pieces.