{
    "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
}