miss:
(plural: ‘misses‘)
Miss World — 2013
a polite form of address used before the name of an unmarried woman or a girl;
a form of address used before the name of a woman teacher by her pupils/students;
a form of address used for calling the attention of a woman customer of a shop by the shop assistants;
a title given to the winner of a beauty contest, e.g. Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss China, etc.,
a miss (a teacher) with her pupils
Would you step aside miss; we’d like to check your baggage?
Excuse me, Miss, but you can’t park your car here; the parking lot is over there!
My granddaughter’s Maths Miss is a genius; she knows how to make the little ones understand mathematical problems in a simple way!
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Miss
(with a capital ‘M’)
a polite form of addressing an unmarried woman, either in writing or speech:
I’d like to introduce to you my friend Miss Jane Lee, the only daughter of Mr. Jet Lee, the business magnate.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, Miss Nelson will give us a lecture on the importance of using Mr., Mrs., Ms. and Miss in our conversations… Welcome Miss Nelson, please!
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