absent

(ăb'sənt)
adj.

1. Not present; missing: absent friends; absent parents.
2. Not existent; lacking: a country in which morality is absent.
3. Exhibiting or feeling inattentiveness: an absent nod.

tr.v., -sent·ed, -sent·ing, -sents. (ăb-sĕnt')
To keep (oneself) away: They absented themselves from the debate.

prep.
Without: "Absent a legislative fix, this is an invitation for years of litigation" (Brian E. O'Neill).

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin absēns, absent-, present participle of abesse, to be away : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + esse, to be.]

absently ab'sent·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Not present: away, gone, missing, wanting. See absence.
2. Deficient in a usual or needed amount: lacking, wanting. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
3. So lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings: absent-minded, abstracted, bemused, distrait, faraway, inattentive, preoccupied. Idioms: a million miles away. See ability/inability, awareness/unawareness.

adj

Definition: deficient in something needed or usual
Antonyms: sufficient

adj

Definition: not present
Antonyms: attending, existing, present

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adj.

Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded in the consideration and affection of another.

    To men a man is but a mind.  Who cares
    What face he carries or what form he wears?
    But woman's body is the woman.  O,
    Stay thou, my sweetheart, and do never go,
    But heed the warning words the sage hath said:
    A woman absent is a woman dead.
                                                            Jogo Tyree

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IN BRIEF: Not present; away.

With most people lovability is not absent—it is merely undiscovered. — Unknown, from www.zaadz.com

Tutor's tip: Someone who was "absent" (not present) would not have noticed that there was no "absinth(e)", a liqueur that tastes like licorice.

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See words rhyming with "absent."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fraværende, borte
v. tr. - udeblive
prep. - i mangel af

idioms:

• absent oneself    udeblive
• absent without leave    udeblevet fra tjeneste, deserteret

Nederlands (Dutch)
afwezig, verstrooid, niet bestaand, wegblijven, zich terugtrekken

Français (French)
adj. - absent, rêveur, distrait, manque de
v. tr. - s'absenter de
prep. - manque de, absent de

idioms:

• absent oneself    s'absenter de
• absent without leave    absence illégale, absence sans autorisation

Deutsch (German)
adj. - abwesend, geistesabwesend, gedankenverloren
v. - fernbleiben, sich zurückziehen
prep. - ohne

idioms:

• absent oneself    geistesabwesend
• absent without leave    abwesend ohne Urlaub

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απών, απουσιάζων, ανύπαρκτος, απουσιάζω
v. - απουσιάζω

idioms:

• absent oneself    απουσιάζω
• absent without leave    (στρατ.) αδικαιολογήτως απών

Italiano (Italian)
assente

idioms:

• absent without leave    assente ingiustificato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ausente, distraído, desprovido
v. - ausentar-se

idioms:

• absent without leave    ausente sem permissão

Русский (Russian)
отсутствующий

idioms:

• absent without leave    находящийся в самовольной отлучке

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ausente, distraído
v. tr. - ausentar, distraer
prep. - ausente, distraído

idioms:

• absent oneself    ausentarse
• absent without leave    ausente sin permiso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - frånvarande, tankspridd
v. - hålla sig borta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
缺席的, 缺乏的, 不在的, 缺席, 缺乏, 没有

idioms:

• absent oneself    缺席, 没来
• absent without leave    旷课, 不请假外出, 旷职

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 缺席的, 缺乏的, 不在的
v. tr. - 缺席
prep. - 缺乏, 沒有

idioms:

• absent oneself    缺席, 沒來
• absent without leave    曠課, 不請假外出, 曠職

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부재의, 결근한, 없는, 방심한
v. tr. - 결석하다
prep. - 의 부재의, 이 없는

idioms:

• absent oneself    결석하다, 비우다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 居合わせない, 不在の, 休みの, 欠席の, 欠けている, 放心した

idioms:

• absent from    不在の, 欠席の
• absent without leave    無許可離隊の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غائب, مفقود, لا وجود له (فعل) يتغيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נעדר, מהורהר‬
v. tr. - ‮לא בא ל-, לא השתתף ב-‬
prep. - ‮בהיעדר, ללא‬

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