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Missing

verb
/ˈmɪsɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 20.7

Definitions

1.verbTo fail to hit.
"I missed the target."
2.verbTo fail to achieve or attain.
"to miss an opportunity"
3.verbTo avoid; to escape.
"The car just missed hitting a passer-by."
4.verbTo become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
"I miss you! Come home soon!"
5.verbTo fail to understand; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
"miss the joke"
6.verbTo fail to attend.
"Joe missed the meeting this morning."
7.verbTo be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
"I missed the plane!"
8.verbTo be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
"The car is missing essential features."
9.verb(said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
"Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!"
10.verbTo fail to score (a goal).
11.verbTo go wrong; to err.
12.verbTo be absent, deficient, or wanting.
13.nounA value that is missing.
14.adjectiveNot able to be located; gone, misplaced.
"my missing socks"
15.adjectiveNot present when it (they) should be.
"Joe went missing last year."
16.adjectiveOf an internal combustion engine: running roughly due to an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault.

Synonyms

absentlostlackingnonexistentwantingdefaultabsenceabsenteefailureoverduedeficientlack

Antonyms

collidehitimpingerun intostrikefeaturehave

Rhymes With

reminiscinghissingkissingdismissingdissingchris hungwissing
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