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miss

Verb

∙ To fail to hit. transitive, intransitive
∙ To fail to achieve or attain. transitive
∙ To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret. transitive
∙ To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception. transitive
∙ To fail to attend. transitive
∙ To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.). transitive
∙ To fail to help the hand of a player. poker, said of a card
∙ To fail to score (a goal). sports
∙ To go wrong; to err. intransitive, obsolete
∙ To be absent, deficient, or wanting. intransitive, obsolete

Noun

∙ A failure to hit.
∙ A failure to obtain or accomplish.
∙ An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).
∙ The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded. computing

Noun

∙ A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
∙ An unmarried woman; a girl.
∙ A kept woman; a mistress.
∙ In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player. card games

Miss

Noun

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