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Miss vs. Missus — What's the Difference?

Miss vs. Missus — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Miss and Missus

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Miss

Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific traditionally used only for an unmarried woman (not using another title such as "Doctor" or "Dame"). Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of mistress, which was used for all women.

Missus

The mistress of a household. Often used with the.

Miss

To fail to hit, reach, catch, or otherwise make contact with
He swung at and missed the ball. The winger missed the pass. The ball missed the basket.

Missus

(Informal) One's wife or girlfriend. Often used with the
Tell the missus I said hello.

Miss

To be too late for or fail to meet (a train, for example).
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Missus

(colloquial) Wife or girlfriend.
Harry said he couldn't stop and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping.
The missus has a list of chores for me to do this weekend.

Miss

To fail to perceive, experience, or understand
I missed my favorite TV show last night. You completely missed the point of the film.

Missus

(colloquial) Term of address for a woman.

Miss

To fail to accomplish or achieve
Just missed setting a new record.

Missus

Informal term of address for someone's wife

Miss

To fail to attend or perform
Never missed a day of work.

Miss

To fail to answer correctly
Missed three questions on the test.

Miss

To fail to benefit from; let slip
Miss a chance.

Miss

To escape or avoid
We took a different way and missed the traffic jam.

Miss

To discover the absence or loss of
I missed my book after getting off the bus.

Miss

To be without; lack
A cart that is missing a wheel.

Miss

To feel the lack or loss of
Do you miss your family?.

Miss

To fail to hit or otherwise make contact with something
Took a shot near the goal and missed.

Miss

To be unsuccessful; fail
A money-making scheme that can't miss.

Miss

To misfire, as an internal-combustion engine.

Miss

A failure to hit or make contact with something.

Miss

A failure to be successful
The new movie was a miss.

Miss

The misfiring of an engine.

Miss

Miss Used as a courtesy title before the surname or full name of a girl or single woman.

Miss

Used as a form of polite address for a girl or young woman
I beg your pardon, miss.

Miss

A young unmarried woman.

Miss

Miss Used in informal titles for a young woman to indicate the epitomizing of an attribute or activity
Miss Organization.
Miss Opera.

Miss

Mis·ses A series of clothing sizes for women and girls of average height and proportions.

Miss

(ambitransitive) To fail to hit.
I missed the target.
I tried to kick the ball, but missed.

Miss

(transitive) To fail to achieve or attain.
To miss an opportunity

Miss

(transitive) To avoid; to escape.
The car just missed hitting a passer-by.

Miss

(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
I miss you! Come home soon!

Miss

(transitive) To fail to understand;
Miss the joke

Miss

(transitive) 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.

Miss

(transitive) To fail to attend.
Joe missed the meeting this morning.

Miss

(transitive) To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
I missed the plane!

Miss

(transitive) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
The car is missing essential features.

Miss

To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
Miss me with that nonsense!

Miss

To fail to help the hand of a player.
Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!

Miss

(sports) To fail to score (a goal).

Miss

To go wrong; to err.

Miss

To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

Miss

A failure to hit.

Miss

A failure to obtain or accomplish.

Miss

An act of avoidance give}}
I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.

Miss

(computing) The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.

Miss

A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
You may sit here, miss.
You may sit here, Miss Jones.

Miss

An unmarried woman; a girl.

Miss

A kept woman; a mistress.

Miss

(card games) 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.

Miss

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

Miss

A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.
Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses,Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses.

Miss

A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.

Miss

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.

Miss

The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.

Miss

Loss; want; felt absence.
There will be no great miss of those which are lost.

Miss

Mistake; error; fault.
He did without any great miss in the hardest points of grammar.

Miss

Harm from mistake.

Miss

To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.

Miss

To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; - now seldom applied to persons.
She would never miss, one day,A walk so fine, a sight so gay.
We cannot miss him; he does make our fire,Fetch in our wood.

Miss

To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want; as, to miss an absent loved one.
Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him.
What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss.

Miss

To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss.
Flying bullets now,To execute his rage, appear too slow;They miss, or sweep but common souls away.

Miss

To fail to obtain, learn, or find; - with of.
Upon the least reflection, we can not miss of them.

Miss

To go wrong; to err.
Amongst the angels, a whole legionOf wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss;What wonder then if one, of women all, did miss?

Miss

To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

Miss

A young woman;
A young lady of 18

Miss

A failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

Miss

Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind;
I missed that remark
She missed his point
We lost part of what he said

Miss

Feel or suffer from the lack of;
He misses his mother

Miss

Fail to attend an event or activity;
I missed the concert
He missed school for a week

Miss

Leave undone or leave out;
How could I miss that typo?
The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten

Miss

Fail to reach or get to;
She missed her train

Miss

Be without;
This soup lacks salt
There is something missing in my jewellery box!

Miss

Fail to reach;
The arrow missed the target

Miss

Be absent;
The child had been missing for a week

Miss

Fail to experience;
Fortunately, I missed the hurricane

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