missing

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
  2. verb feel or suffer from the lack of
  3. verb fail to attend an event or activity

Etymology

By surface analysis, miss + -ing.

Synonyms

miss, lose

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