"MIA" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} MIA
  1. (military) Initialism of missing in action. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: missing in action Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-MIA-en-adj-wu0HGwLL Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (by extension) To be absent for a long time. Tags: broadly Related terms: KIA [military, war, government, politics], WIA [military, war, government, politics], LIA [military, war, government, politics]
    Sense id: en-MIA-en-adj-lBWJHXGG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (missing in action): M.I.A., M. I. A.
Disambiguation of 'missing in action': 48 2 1 43 5 1

Proper name

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Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} MIA
  1. (Indo-Aryan linguistics) Initialism of Middle Indo-Aryan. Tags: Indo-Aryan-linguistics, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Middle Indo-Aryan Categories (topical): Linguistics, People
    Sense id: en-MIA-en-name-J4zBERfe Disambiguation of People: 1 28 57 8 3 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 24 16 1 21 30
  2. (sports) Abbreviation of Miami. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Miami Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-MIA-en-name-x28BeSqw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 24 16 1 21 30 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (missing in action): M.I.A., M. I. A.
Disambiguation of 'missing in action': 48 2 1 43 5 1

Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} MIA (uncountable)
  1. (Mormonism) Initialism of Mutual Improvement Association. Tags: Mormonism, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Mutual Improvement Association Categories (topical): Mormonism Synonyms: Mutual, Young Woman's, Young Men's
    Sense id: en-MIA-en-noun-kvx2giEU
  2. (military) Initialism of missing in action., a service member that did not return from action and was not found in the field Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: missing in action (extra: a service member that did not return from action and was not found in the field) Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-MIA-en-noun-YcN9DEF8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 24 16 1 21 30 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (missing in action): M.I.A., M. I. A.
Disambiguation of 'missing in action': 48 2 1 43 5 1

Inflected forms

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        ],
        [
          "Miami",
          "Miami#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(sports) Abbreviation of Miami."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-MIA.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-PerfectSoundWhatever-MIA.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "missing in action",
      "word": "M.I.A."
    },
    {
      "sense": "missing in action",
      "word": "M. I. A."
    }
  ],
  "word": "MIA"
}

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