Miss
Used in front of the family name of a woman who is not married to address her politely, to write to her, or to talk about her
دوشيزه، خانم
Miss Julie
دوشيزه جولى
used in front of the family name of a woman who is not married to address her politely, to write to her, or to talk about her
دوشيزه، خانم
Miss Julie
دوشيزه جولى
Oxford Essential Dictionary
Miss
noun
a word that you use before the name of a girl or woman who is not married:
Dear Miss Smith, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
II. miss2 S2 BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: verb: ↑miss; noun: ↑miss; adjective: ↑missing]
[Sense 1-4, 7: Date: 1600-1700; Origin: mistress]
[Sense 5-6: Date: 1200-1300; Origin: ⇨ ↑miss1]
1. Miss used in front of the family name of a woman who is not married to address her politely, to write to her, or to talk about her ⇨ Mrs, Mr:
I’d like to make an appointment with Miss Taylor.
► Some unmarried women prefer to be addressed as Ms because it does not draw attention to whether or not they are married.
2. Miss Italy/Ohio/World etc used to refer to a woman who represents a country, city etc in a beauty competition
3. YOUNG WOMAN spoken used as a polite way of speaking to a young woman when you do not know her name ⇨ madam, sir:
Excuse me, miss, you’ve dropped your umbrella.
4. TEACHER British English spoken used by children when speaking to a female teacher, whether she is married or not ⇨ sir:
I know the answer, Miss.
5. give something a miss British English informal to decide not to do something:
I’d better give the coffee a miss. I’m due at a meeting in half an hour.
6. NOT HIT/CATCH [countable] an occasion when you fail to hit, catch, or hold something:
Will he score a goal this time? No, no it’s a miss.
7. YOUNG GIRL [countable] British English spoken a young girl, especially one who has been bad or rude:
She’s a cheeky little miss.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
noun
TITLE/FORM OF ADDRESS
1. Miss used before the family name, or the first and family name, of a woman who is not married, in order to speak or write to her politely
• That's all, thank you, Miss Lipman.
compare Mrs, Ms
2. Miss a title given to the winner of a beauty contest in a particular country, town, etc.
• Miss Brighton
• the Miss World contest
3. Miss (informal) used especially by men to address a young woman when they do not know her name
• Will that be all, Miss?
4. Miss (BrE, informal) used as a form of address by children in some schools to a woman teacher, whether she is married or not
• Good morning, Miss!
compare sir
5. (old-fashioned) a girl or young woman
NOT HIT, CATCH, ETC.
6. a failure to hit, catch or reach sth
• He scored two goals and had another two near misses.
Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 6 Old English missan Germanic Dutch German missen
n. senses 1 to 5 mid 17th cent. mistress
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
miss / mɪs / noun (GIRL)
[ C ] a girl or young woman, especially one who behaves rudely or shows no respect:
You're a cheeky little miss! Apologize at once.
miss / mɪs / noun [ C ] (NOT HIT)
an occasion when something or someone fails to hit something or avoids hitting something:
Well done! You scored eight hits and only two misses.
→ See also near miss
miss / mɪs / noun (NOT DO)
give sth a miss C1 UK informal to avoid or not do something:
We usually go to France in the summer, but we've decided to give it a miss this year.
The restaurant's very good for fish, but I'd give their vegetarian options a miss.
© Cambridge University Press 2013
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
Miss
/mɪs/
(Misses)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You use Miss in front of the name of a girl or unmarried woman when you are speaking to her or referring to her.
It was nice talking to you, Miss Giroux...
N-TITLE
2.
In some schools, children address their women teachers as Miss. (mainly BRIT)
‘Chivers!’—‘Yes, Miss?’
N-VOC
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
3miss noun, pl misses
1 Miss
a
- used as a title before the name of an unmarried woman or girl
• Miss Jones
- compare mrs., ms.
b
- used as a title before the name of a married woman who does not use her husband's name
• Miss Bette Davis
c
- used as part of a title for a girl or young woman who has won a contest (such as a beauty contest) and who represents the place or thing indicated
• Miss America
d Brit
- used by children as a way to address a female teacher;
2 a
- used as a polite way to address a girl or young woman
• Can I help you, miss?
b [count] old-fashioned : a girl or young woman
• a talented young miss
3 misses [plural] US : a clothing size for women of average height and weight - usually used before another noun
• misses dresses
miss
2miss noun, pl misses [count]
1 : a failure to hit something
• She hit the target five straight times without a miss.
• His first shot was a bad miss.
2 : a failure to reach a desired goal or result
• Her movies have been a mixture of hits and misses. [=some have been successful and some have not]
- see also hit-and-miss, near miss
give (something) a miss chiefly Brit informal : to choose not to do (something) or go (somewhere)
• I had so much else to do that I decided to give the party a miss.
- compare 3miss
