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- [mis-ing]
- /ˈmɪs ɪŋ/
- /ˈmɪsɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mis-ing]
- /ˈmɪs ɪŋ/
Definitions of missing word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of MISSING Missing definition 3
- adjective missing absent, not found, or lost: a missing person. 1
- adjective missing lacking: Something is missing in this relationship. 1
- idioms missing miss fire. fire (def 52). 1
- verb with object missing to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target. 1
- verb with object missing to fail to encounter, meet, catch, etc.: to miss a train. 1
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Origin of missing
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; miss1 + -ing2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Missing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
missing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
missing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for missing
adj missing
- away — If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
- removed — remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
- lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- short — having little length; not long.
- lacking — being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
adjective missing
- absent — If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
noun missing
- omission — the act of omitting.
- preterition — the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
- pretermission — to let pass without notice; disregard.
- sufferer — to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
- noninclusion — the act of including.
Antonyms for missing
adj missing
- adequate — If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- sufficient — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- found — simple past tense and past participle of find.
- here — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
Top questions with missing
- how to stop missing someone?
- how to find the missing sides of a triangle?
See also
Matching words
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