absent
absented; absenting; absents
Absent means not there. If you absent yourself from class, you're marked as absent. If you have an absent parent, it means they don't live with you or take part in your care.
Absent can also describe a state of mind, meaning "not all there" or "lost in thought." If you are absent from class on a test day, you will have to explain your absence, unless your teacher is so absent minded she forgets and just gives you an A.
Definitions of absent
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not being in a specified place
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Synonyms:
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away
not present; having left
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introuvable
impossible to find
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awol, truant
absent without permission
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Antonyms:
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present
being or existing in a specified place
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attendant
being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation"
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ever-present
being always present
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existing
existing in something specified
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here
being here now
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naturally occurring
existing by nature and without artificial aid
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omnipresent, ubiquitous
being present everywhere at once
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away
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nonexistent“the thumb is absent”
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nonexistent
not having existence or being or actuality
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nonexistent
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lost in thought; showing preoccupation“an absent stare”
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synonyms:
absentminded, abstracted, scatty
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inattentive
showing a lack of attention or care
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inattentive
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go away or leave
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