See missing in action on Wiktionary
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"text": "Missing in action are those who have been dropped from the muster-roll as missing in action, and have subsequently joined again. [...] If the missing in action, or desertion, and the return to the company, both occur in the quarter, it is not necessary to note them; in other words, it is not necessary that the soldiers should be dropped and taken up again on the same return.",
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"text": "Private Louis R. Ziegra of this place [Deep River, Connecticut], formerly a bookkeeper at the Pratt-Reid Player Action Co., who is announced in dispatches from the War Department as missing in action is a German prisoner of war.",
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"text": "My husband, Colonel Bobby Vinson, U.S. Air Force, has been missing in action since April 24, 1968. Well over half of the men currently listed by the Departments of State and Defense have been missing or imprisoned for longer than that. Some men have spent twice that long in prison cells in the north, jungles in the south, and pits in Laos. Many more have spent at least that time in the limbo we have termed \"missing in action.\"",
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"ref": "1976 April 7, Anita Lauve (witness), “Statement of Ms. Anita Lauve”, in Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: Hearings before the House Select Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session: Part 4: […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 2:",
"text": "Before examining the French experience, it would seem useful to consider some of the major differences and similarities between the French war and the American war in Vietnam. The areas of combat and the type of warfare, the composition of the armed forces, the bargaining power of the adversaries and their dissimilar set of values, were all factors that affected, in one way or another, the numbers of killed in action, missing in action, prisoners of war, died in captivity, and bodies recovered.",
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"ref": "2004 September 14, George W[alker] Bush, “Proclamation 7815 of September 14, 2004: National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2004”, in Code of Federal Regulations: [Title] 3: 2004 Compilation and Parts 100–102: […] The President … A Special Edition of the Federal Register, Washington, D.C.: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration; U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1 January 2005, →OCLC, page 83:",
"text": "Our Nation will not forget these heroes, and we will not stop searching for our service members who are missing in action. [...] I call upon the people of the United States to join me in saluting all American POWs and those missing in action who valiantly served our great country.",
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"ref": "2010, Ralph Riegel, John O’Mahony, chapter 12, in Missing in Action: The 50 Year Search for Ireland’s Missing Soldier, Cork, Munster: Mercier Press, →ISBN, page 203:",
"text": "On 27 April 1981, Private Kevin Joyce (20) was on guard duty at a UN observation post in south Lebanon when he was kidnapped. He was never seen again and is now officially regarded by the Defence Forces as: ‘Missing in Action, Presumed Dead.’",
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"ref": "2007 December 13, Katie Cincotta, “Is internet banking safe?”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, N.S.W.: Nine Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-18:",
"text": "He says that when pressed about why the money was missing in action, NAB [National Australia Bank] failed to provide an explanation and threatened to foreclose on the customer.",
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"ref": "2017, Tracy Rees, The Hourglass:",
"text": "Finding her toothbrush last night had been the extent of her unpacking and her slippers were still missing in action.",
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"ref": "2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-04-22:",
"text": "John Barclay and [Stuart] McInally controlled the tackle area, denying England quick possession and fracturing the champions’ supply line, Simon Berghan anchored the scrum and behind Finn Russell, missing in action in the opening two rounds, fulfilled his captain Barclay’s prediction on the eve of the game that he would be the man of the match.",
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"ref": "2018 August 12, Clare Foran, “Trump Calls Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘Scared Stiff and Missing in Action’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 2019-08-18:",
"text": "President Donald Trump called Attorney General Jeff Sessions \"scared stiff and Missing in Action\" on Saturday in his latest broadside on Twitter against the nation's top law enforcement officer.",
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"ref": "2019 July 9, The Canadian Press, “Missing in Action: Promised 200-strong Force yet to be Registered with UN”, in CityNews, Citytv, Toronto, Ont., archived from the original on 2019-07-10:",
"text": "A Canadian pledge of 200 soldiers for peacekeeping missions is missing in action more than 18 months after it was first promised to the United Nations by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.",
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"text": "My husband, Colonel Bobby Vinson, U.S. Air Force, has been missing in action since April 24, 1968. Well over half of the men currently listed by the Departments of State and Defense have been missing or imprisoned for longer than that. Some men have spent twice that long in prison cells in the north, jungles in the south, and pits in Laos. Many more have spent at least that time in the limbo we have termed \"missing in action.\"",
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"ref": "1976 April 7, Anita Lauve (witness), “Statement of Ms. Anita Lauve”, in Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: Hearings before the House Select Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session: Part 4: […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 2:",
"text": "Before examining the French experience, it would seem useful to consider some of the major differences and similarities between the French war and the American war in Vietnam. The areas of combat and the type of warfare, the composition of the armed forces, the bargaining power of the adversaries and their dissimilar set of values, were all factors that affected, in one way or another, the numbers of killed in action, missing in action, prisoners of war, died in captivity, and bodies recovered.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2004 September 14, George W[alker] Bush, “Proclamation 7815 of September 14, 2004: National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2004”, in Code of Federal Regulations: [Title] 3: 2004 Compilation and Parts 100–102: […] The President … A Special Edition of the Federal Register, Washington, D.C.: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration; U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1 January 2005, →OCLC, page 83:",
"text": "Our Nation will not forget these heroes, and we will not stop searching for our service members who are missing in action. [...] I call upon the people of the United States to join me in saluting all American POWs and those missing in action who valiantly served our great country.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Ralph Riegel, John O’Mahony, chapter 12, in Missing in Action: The 50 Year Search for Ireland’s Missing Soldier, Cork, Munster: Mercier Press, →ISBN, page 203:",
"text": "On 27 April 1981, Private Kevin Joyce (20) was on guard duty at a UN observation post in south Lebanon when he was kidnapped. He was never seen again and is now officially regarded by the Defence Forces as: ‘Missing in Action, Presumed Dead.’",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed."
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"designation",
"designation#English"
],
[
"member",
"member#English"
],
[
"organization",
"organization#English"
],
[
"military",
"military#English"
],
[
"contact",
"contact#Noun"
],
[
"lost",
"lose#English"
],
[
"whereabouts",
"whereabouts#English"
],
[
"known",
"know#Verb"
],
[
"death",
"death#English"
],
[
"confirm",
"confirm#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly military) The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007 December 13, Katie Cincotta, “Is internet banking safe?”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, N.S.W.: Nine Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-18:",
"text": "He says that when pressed about why the money was missing in action, NAB [National Australia Bank] failed to provide an explanation and threatened to foreclose on the customer.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Tracy Rees, The Hourglass:",
"text": "Finding her toothbrush last night had been the extent of her unpacking and her slippers were still missing in action.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-04-22:",
"text": "John Barclay and [Stuart] McInally controlled the tackle area, denying England quick possession and fracturing the champions’ supply line, Simon Berghan anchored the scrum and behind Finn Russell, missing in action in the opening two rounds, fulfilled his captain Barclay’s prediction on the eve of the game that he would be the man of the match.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2018 August 12, Clare Foran, “Trump Calls Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘Scared Stiff and Missing in Action’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 2019-08-18:",
"text": "President Donald Trump called Attorney General Jeff Sessions \"scared stiff and Missing in Action\" on Saturday in his latest broadside on Twitter against the nation's top law enforcement officer.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2019 July 9, The Canadian Press, “Missing in Action: Promised 200-strong Force yet to be Registered with UN”, in CityNews, Citytv, Toronto, Ont., archived from the original on 2019-07-10:",
"text": "A Canadian pledge of 200 soldiers for peacekeeping missions is missing in action more than 18 months after it was first promised to the United Nations by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not present when one is expected to be."
],
"links": [
[
"present",
"present#Adjective"
],
[
"expect",
"expect"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Not present when one is expected to be."
],
"senseid": [
"en:extension"
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪn ˈækʃən/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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{
"word": "MIA"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fuqida fī l-maʕraka",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "فُقِدَ فِي الْمَعْرَكَة"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "任務中失蹤"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "任务中失踪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rènwù zhōng shīzōng",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "任务中失踪"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "nezvěstný v boji"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "porté disparu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "disparu au combat"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "נעדר"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "disperso"
},
{
"alt": "ゆくえふめいてきな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yukue fumei teki na",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "行方不明的な"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jakjeon jung siljong",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "작전 중 실종"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "bêserûşûn"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "hilang dalam pertempuran"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "مفقودالاثر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "zaginiony w akcji"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "béz vesti propávšij",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "бе́з вести пропа́вший"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "desaparecido en acción"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "saknad i strid"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "สูญหายในการปฏิบัติหน้าที่"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znýklyj bézvisty",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "зни́клий бе́звісти"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed",
"word": "ar goll ar faes y gad"
}
],
"word": "missing in action"
}
Download raw JSONL data for missing in action meaning in All languages combined (13.4kB)
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