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missing   (TTS Sound)

The verb miss has 9 senses

• miss, lose -- (fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said")


• miss -- (feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother")


• miss -- (fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week")


• neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap -- (leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten")


• miss -- (fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train")


• miss, lack -- (be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!")


• miss -- (fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target")


• miss -- (be absent; "The child had been missing for a week")


• miss, escape -- (fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane")

The adj missing has 2 senses

• missing -- (not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing person")


• lacking, absent, missing, wanting -- (nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking")