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miss⋅ing

  [mis-ing]
Use missing in a Sentence
–adjective
1. lacking, absent, or not found: a missing person.
—Idiom
2. go missing, Chiefly British. to disappear; become lost: My keys have gone missing.
Origin:
1520–30; miss 1 + -ing 2

miss

1  [mis]
–verb (used with object)
1. to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
2. to fail to encounter, meet, catch, etc.: to miss a train.
3. to fail to take advantage of: to miss a chance.
4. to fail to be present at or for: to miss a day of school.
5. to notice the absence or loss of: When did you first miss your wallet?
6. to regret the absence or loss of: I miss you all dreadfully.
7. to escape or avoid: He just missed being caught.
8. to fail to perceive or understand: to miss the point of a remark.
–verb (used without object)
9. to fail to hit something.
10. to fail of effect or success; be unsuccessful.
–noun
11. a failure to hit something.
12. a failure of any kind.
13. an omission.
14. a misfire.
—Verb phrases
15. miss out, Chiefly British. to omit; leave out.
16. miss out on, to fail to take advantage of, experience, etc.: You missed out on a great opportunity.
—Idiom
17. miss fire. fire (def. 52).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME missen, OE missan; c. OFris missa, MLG, MD, OHG missen, ON missa to fail to hit or reach

Related forms:
miss⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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miss 1   (mĭs)   
v.   missed, miss·ing, miss·es

v.   tr.
  1. To fail to hit, reach, catch, meet, or otherwise make contact with.
  2. To fail to perceive, understand, or experience: completely missed the point of the film.
  3. To fail to accomplish, achieve, or attain (a goal).
  4. To fail to attend or perform: never missed a day of work.
    1. To leave out; omit.
    2. To let go by; let slip: miss a chance.
  6. To escape or avoid: narrowly missed crashing into the tree.
  7. To discover the absence or loss of: I missed my book after getting off the bus.
  8. To feel the lack or loss of: Do you miss your family?
v.   intr.
  1. To fail to hit or otherwise make contact with something: fired the final shot and missed again.
    1. To be unsuccessful; fail.
    2. To misfire, as an internal-combustion engine.
n.  
  1. A failure to hit, succeed, or find.
  2. The misfiring of an engine.

[Middle English missen, from Old English missan; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.]
miss·ing   (mĭs'ĭng)   
adj.  
    1. Not present; absent.
    2. Lost: a missing person; soldiers missing in action.
  2. Lacking; wanting: This book has 12 missing pages.
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Missing

Miss"ing\, a. [From Miss, v. i.] Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.

Neither was there aught missing unto them. --1 Sam. xxv. 7.

For a time caught up to God, as once Moses was in the mount, and missing long. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : missing
Spanish: perdido, extraviado, desaparecido,
German: vermißt, fehlend,
Japanese: 見つからない
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