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missing link

miss·ing link
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mis-ing lingk]
    • /ˈmɪs ɪŋ lɪŋk/
    • /ˈmɪsɪŋ lɪŋk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mis-ing lingk]
    • /ˈmɪs ɪŋ lɪŋk/

Definitions of missing link words

  • noun missing link a hypothetical form of animal assumed to have constituted a connecting link between the anthropoid apes and humans, identified by some authorities as constituting the genus Australopithecus. 1
  • noun missing link something lacking for the completion of a series or sequence. 1
  • noun missing link ape man: evolutionary animal 1
  • noun missing link missing part of series 1
  • noun missing link missing connection, explanatory fact 1
  • countable noun missing link The missing link in a situation is the piece of information or evidence that you need in order to make your knowledge or understanding of something complete. 0

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Origin of missing link

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55

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Parts of speech for Missing link

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

missing link popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

missing link usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for missing link

noun missing link

  • omission — the act of omitting.
  • prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
  • protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.

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