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miss

/ˈmɪs/MIS
/ˈmɪs/MIS

Meaningfail to hit or obtain

Common meaning: fail to reach or notice

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MIT‘exchange’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 274, p. 740 · scan
  2. Old Englishmissan‘fail to hit or obtain’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmissensource
  4. Englishmiss‘fail to reach or notice’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English missan ‘fail to hit or obtain’.

Roots

  • missan Old English “fail to hit or obtain”

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