miss

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. fail; omit, skip, overlook; avoid; escape; lose. See failure, neglect, desire, loss.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A failure]

Syn. slip, blunder, mishap; see error 1 , mistake 2 .

2. [A young woman]

Syn. lass, lassie, female; see girl 1 .

3. [Title for a woman]

Syn. Ms., mistress*, mademoiselle (French), señorita (Spanish).

• a miss is as good as a mile,

Syn. err, miscalculate, misjudge; see mistake .

v.

1. [To feel a want]

Syn. deSire, crave, yearn; see need , want 1 .

2. [To fail to catch]

Syn. snatch at, drop, fumble, bungle, muff*, goof*, butter a catch*, foozle*, blow*, have butterfingers*, juggle*, louse*, boot*.

Ant. catch*, grab, hold*.

3. [To fail to hit]

Syn. miss one's aim, miss the mark, be wide of the mark, overshoot, undershoot, go above, go below, go to the side, carve the breeze*, fan the air*.

Ant. hit*, shoot, get.

4. [To fail to use]

Syn. avoid, refrain, give up; see abstain .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

young lady, girl, lass, maiden, gal, young woman, mademoiselle.

II

v.

1. fail fall short, pass over, overlook, *drop the ball, miscalculate, bobble, *blow it, *choke, muff.

2. long for pine for, yearn for, ache with nostalgia, think of fondly.

ANT.: 1. succeed, catch, see

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To go wrong, be unsuccessful, or fail to attain a goal: miscarry, misfire. Idioms: fall short, miss fire, miss the mark. See THRIVE. 2. To fail to take advantage of: lose, waste. Idioms: let slip, let slip through one's fingers, lose out on. See USED.