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missing
adjective /ˈmɪs.ɪŋ/Definition
A2 Someone who is missing has disappeared: Her father has been missing since September 1992.UK The girl went missing during a family outing to Mount Snowdon.Absent B1 describes something that cannot be found because it is not where it should be: The burglars have been arrested but the jewellery is still missing. When did you realize that the money was missing from your account?Absent › describes soldiers or military vehicles that have not returned from fighting in a war but are not known completely certainly to be dead or destroyed: He was listed as missing in action.Soldiers and people who fight in wars
(Definition of missing adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absence noun (NOT BEING PRESENT)
- absent adjective (NOT EXISTING)
- absent adjective (NOT PRESENT)
- absent preposition
- absent verb
- absentee noun
- be conspicuous by your absence idiom
- go AWOL idiom
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- out adverb, preposition (ABSENT)
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