missing
US: /ˈmɪsɪŋ/
UK: /mˈɪsɪŋ/
UK: /mˈɪsɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
missing /'misiɳ/
- tính từ
- vắng, thiếu, khuyết, mất tích, thất lạc
- there is a spoon missing: thiếu mất một cái thìa
- vắng, thiếu, khuyết, mất tích, thất lạc
- danh từ
- the missing (quân sự) những người mất tích
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 that cannot be found or that is not in its usual place, or at home
Synonym: LOST
I never found the missing piece. + My gloves have been missing for ages. + Two files have gone missing. + They still hoped to find their missing son. + (especially BrE) Our cat's gone missing again.
2 that has been removed, lost or destroyed and has not been replaced: The book has two pages missing / missing pages. + He didn't notice there was anything missing from his room until later on.
3 (of a person) not present after an accident, battle, etc. but not known to have been killed: He was reported missing, presumed dead. + Many soldiers were listed as missing in action.
4 not included, often when it should have been: Fill in the missing words in this text. + There were several candidates missing from the list. + What is missing from the production is any sense of emotional commitment.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 skip, forgo, absent oneself from, be absent from, fail to keep; avoid, evade, escape, dodge, Colloq pass up:
I missed my dentist's appointment. I missed school because my grandmother was ill
2 long for, yearn for, pine for, feel nostalgia for, be nostalgic for or about, want, need, wish for:
I miss those long summer evenings by the lake.
3 misunderstand, misinterpret, misconstrue, misapprehend, fail to understand or perceive, mistake:
You have completely missed the point.
4 Sometimes, miss out (on). pass up, omit, leave out, slip up (on), overlook, let slip (by), let pass, pass over, disregard, ignore:
You can be sure that Frobisher would never miss a free meal.
n.
5 omission, oversight, slip, failure, mistake, error, blunder, Colloq slip-up:
A miss is as good as a mile.
n.
Ms., girl, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, young lady, young woman, schoolgirl, mademoiselle, nymphet, teenager, virgin, spinster, old maid, Brit bachelor girl, Irish English colleen, Literary nymph, Archaic demoiselle, damsel, Colloq old-fashioned gal, US coed, Valley girl, bachelorette, Slang teeny-bopper, groupie, Chiefly Brit bird, Old-fashioned US bobby-soxer:
She's a pretty young miss, isn't she?
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be | go
a woman who went missing three months ago
| discover sb
It was six hours before the seamen were discovered missing.
| list sb (as), post sb (as), report sb (as)
A leading businessman has been reported missing from his home.
ADV.
completely, entirely, quite, totally
The study of housework as work is a topic entirely missing from sociology.
| sadly
The spirit of fair play is sadly missing from the sport these days.
PREP.
from
The file was missing from its place.
PHRASES
missing in action
servicemen listed as missing in action
| missing, presumed dead
Concise English dictionary
'mɪsɪŋ
adj.
+not existing
+not able to be found
misses|missed|missingmɪs
noun
+a young woman
+a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
+a form of address for an unmarried woman
verb
+fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
+feel or suffer from the lack of
+fail to attend an event or activity
+leave undone or leave out
+fail to reach or get to
+be without
+fail to reach
+be absent
+fail to experience
