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{
"term": "missing",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "that cannot be found or that is not in its usual place; that has been removed, lost or destroyed",
"sensetop": "missing from something",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I never found the missing piece."
},
{
"text": "Cases with missing data are excluded from the report."
},
{
"text": "My gloves have been missing for ages."
},
{
"text": "Two files have **gone missing**."
},
{
"text": "Our cat's **gone missing** again."
},
{
"text": "The book has two **pages missing**."
},
{
"text": "The book has two **missing pages**."
},
{
"text": "He didn't notice there was anything missing from his room until later on.",
"contextForm": "missing from something"
},
{
"text": "a 5 000-piece jigsaw with one piece missing"
},
{
"text": "The file was missing from its place."
},
{
"text": "The eighth rung of the ladder was missing altogether."
},
{
"text": "The missing painting was never recovered."
}
],
"synonyms": "lost",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "go", "discover somebody"],
"adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": ["missing in action", "missing, presumed dead"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not at home; not found",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a missing four-year-old girl"
},
{
"text": "They still hoped to find their missing son."
},
{
"text": "a woman who **went missing** three months ago"
},
{
"text": "Posters of **missing persons** lined the walls."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "go", "discover somebody"],
"adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": ["missing in action", "missing, presumed dead"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "not present after an accident, battle, etc. but not known to have been killed",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was reported **missing, presumed dead**."
},
{
"text": "Many soldiers were listed as **missing in action**."
},
{
"text": "It was six hours before the seamen were discovered missing."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "go", "discover somebody"],
"adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": ["missing in action", "missing, presumed dead"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "not included, often when it should have been",
"sensetop": "missing from something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Fill in the missing words in this text."
},
{
"text": "There were several candidates missing from the list.",
"contextForm": "missing from something"
},
{
"text": "What is missing from the production is any sense of emotional commitment."
},
{
"text": "The spirit of fair play is sadly missing from the sport these days."
},
{
"text": "The study of housework as work is a topic entirely missing from sociology."
},
{
"text": "a quality that's largely missing in young people today"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "go", "discover somebody"],
"adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": ["missing in action", "missing, presumed dead"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪsɪŋ/",
"audio": "mi/missing/missing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɪsɪŋ/",
"audio": "mi/missing/missing__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}