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Definitions for Missing

[1] absent, not found, or lost: a missing person.
[2] lacking: Something is missing in this relationship.
[3] go missing , to disappear; become lost: My keys have gone missing again.
[4] to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
[5] to fail to encounter, meet, catch, etc.: to miss a train.
[6] to fail to take advantage of: to miss a chance.
[7] to fail to be present at or for: to miss a day of school.
[8] to notice the absence or loss of: When did you first miss your wallet?
[9] to regret the absence or loss of: I miss you all dreadfully.
[10] to escape or avoid: He just missed being caught.
[11] to fail to perceive or understand: to miss the point of a remark.
[12] to fail to hit something.
[13] to fail of effect or success; be unsuccessful.
[14] a failure to hit something.
[15] a failure of any kind.
[16] an omission.
[17] a misfire.
[18] miss out , Chiefly British . to omit; leave out.
[19] miss out on , to fail to take advantage of, experience, etc.: You missed out on a great opportunity.
[20] not present; absent or lost
[21] not able to be traced and not known to be dead nine men were missing after the attack
[22] go missing to become lost or disappear
[23] to fail to reach, hit, meet, find, or attain (some specified or implied aim, goal, target, etc)
[24] (tr) to fail to attend or be present for to miss a train ; to miss an appointment
[25] (tr) to fail to see, hear, understand, or perceive to miss a point
[26] (tr) to lose, overlook, or fail to take advantage of to miss an opportunity
[27] (tr) to leave out; omit to miss an entry in a list
[28] (tr) to discover or regret the loss or absence of he missed his watch ; she missed him
[29] (tr) to escape or avoid (something, esp a danger), usually narrowly he missed death by inches
[30] miss the boat or miss the bus to lose an opportunity
[31] a failure to reach, hit, meet, find, etc
[32] give something a miss informal to avoid (something) give the lecture a miss ; give the pudding a miss
[33] informal an unmarried woman or girl, esp a schoolgirl
[34] a title of an unmarried woman or girl, usually used before the surname or sometimes alone in direct address

Words related to Missing

away, removed, lost, short, lacking, omitted, wanting, mislaid, misplaced, disappeared, astray, AWOL

Words nearby Missing

missile, missile gap, missileer, missileman, missilery, missing, missing fundamental, missing link, missing mass, missiology, mission

Origin of Missing

1before 900; Middle English missen, Old English missan; cognate with Old Frisian missa, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old High German missen, Old Norse missa to fail to hit or reach

Words that may be confused with Missing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, missmidst, missed, mist

Other words from Missing

miss·a·ble , adjective
un·miss·a·ble , adjective
un·missed , adjective

Word origin for Missing

MissC17: shortened from mistress

Synonyms for Missing

away, lost, removed, disappeared, lacking, mislaid, misplaced, omitted, short, wanting, AWOL, astray, left behind, left out, not present, nowhere to be found, unaccounted for