absent1 adjectiveabsent2 verb
absentab‧sent1 /ˈæbsənt/ ●●● W2 adjective 
WORD ORIGINabsent1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French, Latin, present participle of abesse, from ab- ‘away’ + esse ‘to be’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- For some reason, Young's name was absent from the list.
- If you're absent more than five times, you fail the course.
- The Adkinson children were absent from school about a dozen times last fall.
- The virus develops most quickly when antibodies are absent.
- While the boss was absent everyone started taking very long lunchbreaks.
- If the rest of the sustaining biosphere were absent, gardens would wither.
- Matilda was still ranting and raving against the absent Earl for getting himself captured.
- Mr Howe has no such reassurance, particularly with Gallacher absent for five games and no immediate sign of a return.
- The degree of mental stimulation was absent.
- The evidence for the next higher stage is not entirely absent but, in this case, it is indirect.
- The little birds had assumed the roles of birds that were absent from the area.
- The seas and rivers, lakes and glaciers, are gone; the dynamic play of rain and liquid water is absent.
- To capture the truth of the object then, the poem argues, the object must be absent.
Longman Language Activatorto not be here
· How would she know what happened? She wasn't even here.· Why aren't the scissors here where they belong?· The supermarket hasn't been here long but it's already doing a lot of business.
if someone or something is not around they are not here or anywhere in this area, especially when they are needed: · If Julie isn't around, maybe Maria could help you.· Every time I want to talk to Ted, he's not around.· Why isn't there ever a taxi around when you need one?
to not be in your home, the place where you work etc for a short time, especially when someone wants to see you: · Sally phoned while you were out. I told her to phone back later.· Mr Rogers isn't in at the moment. Can I help you?· I'm going to be out all afternoon.· I'm so busy. If anyone calls for me, tell them I'm not in.
to not be at home, school, or work for several days or weeks, because you are travelling or staying somewhere else: · "We're taking a trip to California." "Oh, how long do you plan to be away?"be away from: · My job requires me to be away from home for five months of the year.be away on business: · While Kurt was away on business, his wife completely redecorated the house.
formal if someone is absent , they are not here, especially in school or the place where they work, because they are ill, on holiday etc: · According to the personnel department you have been absent twice this week already.be absent from: · James was absent from school again today.
informal if someone is off , they are not at work, usually because they are ill or on holiday. In British English you can also use this when someone is not at school: · I'll be off all next week, so I can do some of the yard work then.be off with: · Becky's been off for several days with a bad back.be off sick: · Chris has been off sick a lot lately.be off school/work British: · Jenkins isn't off school again, is he? What's his excuse this time?
a missing thing is lost and may have been stolen; a missing person cannot be found and may be in danger: · One of my earrings is missing - have you seen it?missing from: · Oh no! The last page is missing from the book!
to not be there · She says the bottle is in the cupboard, but it just isn't there.· He was supposed to wait for me by the fountain, but he wasn't there when I arrived.
if someone or something is not around , they are not there, especially when you expect them to be somewhere nearby: · Maybe you should try talking to Michael when his wife isn't around.· According to Caroline, Larry isn't around much since he started traveling for work.
to be out of your home, the place where you work etc usually for a short time: · He wasn't in, so I left a message.· She told me not to stop by today - she'll be out most of the day running errands.
informal to not be at work, for example, because you are ill or on holiday. In British English you can also use this when someone is not at school: · After I've been away for a few days, there's always so much work waiting when I get back.· Selina's off today? Then can you ask her to phone me when she's back in the office ?be off work/school: · He's been off work ever since he hurt his back in a riding accident.
formal if something is absent , it is not where it is expected to be. If someone is absent from school, work etc, they are not there, for example because they are ill: · The virus develops most quickly when antibodies are absent.· If you're absent more than five times, you fail the course.· While the boss was absent everyone started taking very long lunchbreaks.absent from: · For some reason, Young's name was absent from the list.· The Adkinson children were absent from school about a dozen times last fall.
someone or something that is missing is not there, especially when you expect them to be there: · Some of the puzzle pieces are missing.· Can you spot the missing number in this series?· Suddenly he looked around and realized one of the children was missing.missing from: · Three buttons were missing from his shirt.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
plans to force absent fathers to pay child maintenance Local women were conspicuously absent (=obviously not there) from the meeting. The dull, absent look on her face implied boredom.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1not at work, school, a meeting etc, because you are sick or decide not to go OPP presentabsent from plans to force absent fathers to pay child maintenance Local women were conspicuously absent (=obviously not there) from the meeting. The dull, absent look on her face implied boredom. (=write on an official list that someone is there or not there, especially in school) Any student who is more than 20 minutes late for class will be marked absent.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB Any student who is more than 20 minutes late for class will be marked absent.· It is completely absent in the rat.· Ferric iron in the form of magnetite is abundant, and metal is completely absent.· Many invertebrates, such as crayfish, can not survive without a certain level of calcium, and are completely absent.· This vulnerability is completely absent from the modern media image of the imam.· Memories of the synagogue are also few, and its uplifting worship ceremonial almost completely absent.· There will be anarchical aspects of organizations, but order is not completely absent.
· Although the Mandate was created by agreement, treaty arguments are conspicuously absent from the Court's reasoning in these two cases.· Rison was conspicuously absent from much of the Jaguars' game plan.· Members of the Catholic church were conspicuously absent.· Dave Libbey, another top-flight ref, has been conspicuously absent since his return from an early season injury.· But it is conspicuously absent so far.· Morality and accountability are conspicuously absent.· Yet one grouping was conspicuously absent from these campaigns.· Feminist arguments in favour of day nurseries were also conspicuously absent.
· The evidence for the next higher stage is not entirely absent but, in this case, it is indirect.· Almost entirely absent from many existing school-to-work efforts are the voices of students and parents.· True, local business is not entirely absent but on the whole, foreign operators have been the first to benefit.· Such feminist strengths and weaknesses are entirely absent from Bruce Arnold's book on Mainie Jellett.· Not all the notions concerning sacrifice are entirely absent from our lives.· Evidence for that seems remarkably thin, though not entirely absent.· Science subjects and laboratories were almost entirely absent, and applied science was the province of artisan workers, not gentlemen.· The bitterness of repeated daily confrontation with left-wing majorities has given them a steeliness entirely absent from the old-fashioned candidates.
· This is largely absent in today's secular society.· Traffic is horrendous, walking dangerous and any semblance of natural beauty largely absent.· In this whole scandal one figure is largely absent: St Martin.· But if direct partisan considerations are largely absent from the process, wider concerns of suitability are not.· A consideration of the cultural context of such concept formations is largely absent from his work.· Although collectors have been the traditional mainstays of this market, they had been largely absent for several seasons.· But Shell argues that although it has an obligation to the communities, so has the government, which is largely absent.· There is also a growing sense of dismay that attempts to contain and control corporate crime are largely absent or ineffectual.
· Splenomegaly, ascites, and extrahepatic symptoms of chronic liver disease were notably absent.· Such a statement of principle is notably absent from the Government's proposals.· Strangely, nobody said anything, but the culprit has been notably absent from subsequent holidays.
· Allister, Kane, and Dodds have also been noticeably absent from public confrontations.· Jackson and the national media were noticeably absent from Baltimore last November, when a similar incident happened.· But what was noticeably absent was any serious intra-group rivalry.· This includes parents, students, and the incumbent workers themselves-whose voices are noticeably absent in shaping many school-to-work initiatives.· The Democratic leadership in Congress, which was noticeably absent at the signing ceremony, fought the measure.
· Of course such features are never totally absent in experimental work.· A major food source of squirrels and many finches is totally absent this year.· We assume that contractions were totally absent or failed to occlude the intestinal lumen.· Strategic analysis and vision was almost totally absent.· Nor was a desire to retaliate for the Triple Intervention of 1895 totally absent.
NOUN· Barras conducted a number of interviews that bear moving witness to the long shadow cast by absent fathers.· Requiring this investment will give absent fathers incentive to take a more active personal interest in their children as well.· In which case, may I suggest it is the absent father the authorities should be haranguing.· I knew little of psychology but enough to be aware of the impact on the unformed ego of an absent father.· At fifteen he ran away to sea, pursuing the myth of his absent father.
· And following breakdown every effort should be made to ensure supportive continuity of contact between the child and the absent parent.· They may fear to extend love and acceptance to the new partner as it seems a betrayal of the absent parent.· There are many reasons why women might be unwilling to name the absent parent.
students who are regularly absent from schoolRegisterIn everyday English, if someone is on holiday or on a business trip, people usually say that he/she is away:· He's away at the moment. He’s gone to Hawaii.If you want to say that someone is not in a particular place, say not there:· I called in to see her but she wasn't there.If you want to say that someone is not with you, say not here:· I'm afraid he's not here at the moment. Can I take a message?2if someone or something is absent, they are missing or not in the place where they are expected to beabsent parent/father plans to force absent fathers to pay child maintenanceabsent from Local women were conspicuously absent (=obviously not there) from the meeting.3[only before noun] a look etc that is absent shows you are not paying attention to or thinking about what is happening: The dull, absent look on her face implied boredom.absent1 adjectiveabsent2 verb
absentab‧sent2 /əbˈsent, æb- $ æb-/ verb [transitive] formal VERB TABLE
absent
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | absent |
| he, she, it | absents | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | absented |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have absented |
| he, she, it | has absented | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had absented |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will absent |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have absented |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- I had not had the benefit of that lovely electricity for long, but how I did miss it when it absented itself.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=write on an official list that someone is there or not there, especially in school) Any student who is more than 20 minutes late for class will be marked absent.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB Any student who is more than 20 minutes late for class will be marked absent.· And, once again, the big names have been conspicuously absent from the upper half of the performance table.· Stories of substance, new and old alike, are often conspicuously absent.· Intelligence did not figure. largely in anything he did and was often conspicuously absent.· For women this is good news, because they are conspicuously absent from the Official Future.· But past controversies were conspicuously absent this weekend.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
absent yourself (from something) to not go to a place or take part in an event where people expect you to be- Detained patients absent themselves, or abscond, from hospitals.
- Equally, she was absent herself; naturally enough - she had been the photographer.
- His absence bloomed in her until she grew absent herself, preternaturally agreeable.
- I had not had the benefit of that lovely electricity for long, but how I did miss it when it absented itself.
- I put my head down into my hands and absented myself mentally.
- It will not be desired to find all people who absent themselves without leave.
- Kendall absented himself this time, as was only fitting.
- Lucy arranged to absent herself from the expedition to allow Maggie to be alone with Phillip.