missing
adjective14th century{ds||1||}
- absent; also : lost —sometimes used in the phrase go missing
- needed or expected but not included
miss:1
verbbefore 12th century{ds|t|1||}
- to fail to hit, reach, or contact
- to fail to perform or attend
- to arrive too late for
missing in action
adjective
missing in action
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1808
- missing and unable to be confirmed as captured or killed following military action —often used figuratively for someone or something notably or unexpectedly missing, absent, or inactive
missing link
noun
missing link
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1851{ds||1||}
- an absent member needed to complete a series or resolve a problem
- a hypothetical intermediate evolutionary form between humans and their presumed simian progenitors
- a hypothetical intermediate evolutionary form between one animal species or group and its presumed ancestors
missing person report
noun
missing person report
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- a document that officially reports that someone is missing
go missing
phrase
go missing
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- to become lost : disappear
someone doesn't know what he/she is missing
idiom
someone doesn't know what he/she is missing
\
- —used to say that someone should do something because he or she would enjoy it very much
miss a beat
phrase
miss a beat
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- to have difficulty in continuing : to stop or hesitate briefly —often used in negative constructions
miss out on
phrase
miss out on
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- to lose a good opportunity for
miss out
verb
miss out
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1855{ds||2||}
- to lose an opportunity : to be unable to have or enjoy something —often used with on
- to leave out : omit
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