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manquer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ail verb To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  • lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
  • miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
  • skip verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.

Senses

manquer is used for these senses in English:

  • ail (transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  • ail (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
  • lack (transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
  • miss (transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.
  • miss (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
  • miss out (intransitive, or, transitive with 'on') To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.

ail — full definition

  1. verb To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  2. verb To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

lack — full definition

  1. noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
  2. verb To not have, or not have enough of, something.

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