The meaning of Missing

Missing – definition

adjective
(of a thing) not able to be found because it is not in its expected place.
Usage examples:
A quantity of cash has gone missing
Synonims:
Lost Mislaid Misplaced Nowhere to be found Absent Not present Gone Gone astray Unaccounted for

verb
Fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).
Usage examples:
A laser-guided bomb had missed its target
verb
Fail to notice, hear, or understand.
Usage examples:
The villa is impossible to miss—it's right by the road
Synonims:
Fail to hear Fail to take in Mishear Misunderstand Fail to see/notice Overlook Pass over Forget
verb
Notice the loss or absence of.
Usage examples:
He's rich—he won't miss the money
Synonims:
Notice the absence of Find missing
verb
(of an engine or motor vehicle) undergo failure of ignition in one or more cylinders.
Usage examples:
The motor began missing and investigation found a cracked cylinder head

adjective
(of a person or possession) not found where you expect to find someone or something; lost or absent
Usage examples:
He disappeared on his way to school and has been missing for over a year., when did you realize the…

Missing translation into English

Missing: translate from English into Chinese

失踪, 失去, 漏, 想念, 落, 不见的

Missing: translate from English into Dutch

Missend, Vermist, Ontbrekend

Missing: translate from English into French

Disparu, Manquant, Absent, Perdu, Égaré

Missing: translate from English into German

Fehlen, Vermisst, Fehlend, Verfehlung, Verschwunden, Verschollen

Missing: translate from English into Hindi

गुम, लापता, अनुपस्थित, लुप्त, लापता हुआ, गुम हो जाया, खोया हुआ, ग़ैरहाज़िर

Missing: translate from English into Italian

Mancante, Disperso, Smarrito

Missing: translate from English into Korean

잃어버린, 있어야 할 곳에 없는, 밀집

Missing: translate from English into Russian

Отсутствующий, Недостающий, Без вести пропавшие, Потерявшийся

Missing: translate from English into Spanish

Perdido, Ausentes, Que falta, Desaparecido, Ausente, Extraviado

Word origin

Old English missan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German missen .

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Missing – similar words

miss

verb
Fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).
Usage examples:
A laser-guided bomb had missed its target

noun
A failure to hit, catch, or reach something.
Usage examples:
The penalty miss cost us the game

noun
A title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl, or to that of a married woman retaining her maiden name for professional purposes.
Usage examples:
Miss hazel armstrong

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Missing synonims

absent

adjective
Not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something.
Usage examples:
Most pupils were absent from school at least once

verb
Go away or remain away.
Usage examples:
Halfway through the meal, he absented himself from the table

preposition
Without.
Usage examples:
Absent a willingness to negotiate, you can't have collective bargaining

All meanings and translations of Absent

forget

verb
Fail to remember.
Usage examples:
He had forgotten his lines

verb
To be unable to remember; fail to remember
Usage examples:
[ t ] you’d better not forget your mother’s birthday., [ + (that) clause ] she forgot (that) she ha…

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gone

adjective
No longer present; departed.
Usage examples:
You were gone a long time

preposition
Past participle of go1.

verb
Move from one place to another; travel.
Usage examples:
He went out to the shops

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lost

adjective
Past and past participle of lose.

verb
Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).
Usage examples:
I've lost my appetite

adjective
(of a person) unable to find your way, or (of an item) not to be found
Usage examples:
A lost child/pet/earring, we got lost on the way home., fig. i’d be lost without you (= i would not…

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mishear

verb
Fail to hear (a person or their words) correctly.
Usage examples:
She must have misheard him

verb
To fail to hear someone's words correctly or in the way that was intended and to think that something different was said
Usage examples:
I'm sure i didn't say that! you must have misheard (me).

All meanings and translations of Mishear

mislaid

verb
Unintentionally put (an object) where it cannot readily be found and so lose it temporarily.
Usage examples:
I seem to have mislaid my car keys

Past simple and past participle of mislay

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misplaced

adjective
Incorrectly positioned.
Usage examples:
A million dollars had been lost because of a misplaced comma

verb
Put (an object) in the wrong place and so lose it temporarily.
Usage examples:
I'm sure the jewellery has just been misplaced, and not stolen

adjective
Directed toward someone or something for the wrong reasons
Usage examples:
Their life together was full of misplaced trust and repressed emotion.

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misunderstand

verb
Fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly.
Usage examples:
He had misunderstood the police officer's hand signals

verb
To fail to understand something or someone
Usage examples:
[ t ] i think she misunderstood what i meant.

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overlook

verb
Fail to notice.
Usage examples:
He seems to have overlooked one important fact

noun
A commanding position or view.
Usage examples:
The overlook to the townsite

verb
To have or give a view of something from above
Usage examples:
Our hotel room overlooked the harbor., his film was nominated for an oscar, but reiner himself was …

All meanings and translations of Overlook

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