miss

• title for an unmarried woman, mademoiselle
failure to hit something; lack; omission, misfire; failure; evasion, avoidance
fail to strike (a target); be late, fail to be present; feel absence, long for; omit; avoid
you use miss in front of the name of a girl or unmarried woman.
if you miss something, you fail to notice it.
if you miss something, you fail to hit it.
a miss is a failure to hit something.
if you miss someone, you feel sad because they are no longer with you. if you miss something, you feel sad because you no longer have it or are no longer experiencing it.
if you miss a chance or opportunity, you fail to take advantage of it.
if you miss a bus, plane, or train, you arrive too late to catch it.
if you miss something such as a meeting, you do not go to it.
if you give something a miss, you decide not to do it or not to go to it; an informal expression.
see also hit and miss, hit or miss, missing, near miss.
if you miss out something or someone, you do not include them.
if you miss out on something interesting or useful, you do not become involved in it or do not have it, when other people do.