absent
IPA: ˈæbsʌnt
noun
- (with definite article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.
- (obsolete, Scotland) An absentee; a person who is not there.
verb
- (reflexive) To keep (oneself) away.
- (transitive, archaic) To keep (someone) away.
- (intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.
- (transitive, rare) Leave.
adjective
- (not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.
- (not comparable) Not existing; lacking.
- (comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
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Examples of "absent" in Sentences
- The remaining lawmakers were absent.
- The idea of the sacred home is absent.
- The operculum is absent in this family.
- She is the absent presence in the novel.
- The key information is absent in the article.
- I still blush at the absent mindedness of it
- They are conspicuously absent in the north Atlantic.
- Admittedly, the idea of salvation is not absent in the West.
- Again, the mentioning of the members of the trinity is absent.
- Brain matter cleft asunder by the language, leaving me absent from myself.
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