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misses

/ˈmɪsɪz/

misses noun: a range of clothing sizes for women of average height and build. Also the plural of miss.

Noun (1)

misses

  1. A range of clothing sizes for women of average height and build.

Noun (2) capitalized: Misses

Misses

  1. (plural) plural of Miss

Noun (3) capitalized: Misses

Misses (plural Misseses)

  1. (pronunciation-spelling) Eye dialect spelling of Mrs; alternative spelling of Missus.
    • Perhaps we are disposed to smile at seeing so much made of titles; but after what we have learned of Lord Timothy Dexter and the high-sounding names appropriated by many of our own compatriots, who have no more claim to them than we plain Misters and Misseses, we may feel to them something as our...1890, O[liver] W[endell] Holmes [Sr.], “The tea is sweeneted”, in Over the Teacups, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], pages 274–275

Also used as

misses is also the plural of miss.

misses is also the alternative spelling of missus.

misses is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of miss.

misses meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Nepali

misses in Tamil

மிஸ்ஸ்

misses in Telugu

మిస్స్

misses in Nepali

मिसहरू

Forms of misses

pluralmisseses
pluralMisseses

Phrases with misses

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Words that rhyme with misses

Questions about misses

What does misses mean?
Misses means a range of clothing sizes for women of average height and build.
What is misses in Tamil?
Misses in Tamil is மிஸ்ஸ். See Misses meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is misses?
Misses is a noun.
How do you pronounce misses?
Misses is pronounced /ˈmɪsɪz/.
What is the plural of misses?
The plural of misses is misseses.

Words near misses in the dictionary

  1. misserved
  2. misserves
  3. misservice
  4. misservices
  5. misserving
  6. misses
  7. misses a trick
  8. misses and kisses
  9. misses fire
  10. misses off
  11. misses one's guess

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misses (page history and authors); Misses (page history and authors); misses (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misses (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misses (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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