missing element

collocation in English

meaningsofmissingandelement

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missing
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪs.ɪŋ/
us
/ˈmɪs.ɪŋ/
Someone who is missing ...
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element
noun
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/
us
/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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(Definition ofmissingandelementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmissing element

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The onlymissingelementis an army.
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The preservation of process: themissingelementof conservation programs.
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What, then, is thismissingelementand why is it important?
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There is anothermissingelement.
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Section 2 clarifies amissingelementof existing life-cycle design methodologies and proposes the design of life cycle.
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Themissingelementwill take time.
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That is the criticalmissingelement.
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Adequate funds in the right places are themissingelement.
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That is themissingelementin the present situation.
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This is themissingelementin the equation.
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But to my mind there is amissingelement.
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The onlymissingelementwas that of intense emotional involvement, but that was regarded as merely a difference of degree and not one of kind.
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With an elegant sleight of hand, he draws out themissingelementin the accounts he discusses, acknowledging their usefulness while restoring what they exclude.
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Anothermissingelementis the lack of a sustained comparative discussion of the impact of health care on health, and the role of different regimes in this regard.
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The position of the hand and ver tical cavity created from themissingelementsuggests a staff, rattle, or other type of object with a handle.
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Themissingelementwas always the verb of the subordinate clause, which could be placed either in initial or in final position of the conditional sentence.
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There is something missing, and the people should be reminded of themissingelement.
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I followed the last economic speech, but it seemed that themissingelementwas the customer.
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We have come forward with this proposal to fill that vital,missingelement.
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There is amissingelementin the regeneration and new dynamism in this country.
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Themissingelementin such sentences is enforceability and proceedings on breach.
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Themissingelementis the requirement for the introduction of identity cards with photographs.
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A thirdmissingelementin our rural infrastructure is a simple one—a supply of gas.
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