absentadjective
uk/ˈæb.sənt/us/ˈæb.sənt/absent adjective (NOT PRESENT)
B1 not in the place where you are expected to be, especially at school or work:
John has been absent from school/work for three days now.
We drank a toast to absent friends.
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- If a child is absent, the teacher notes it down in the class register.
- The teacher called the roll to see if any students were absent.
- I was absent from work on that day.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Absent
- absence
- absentee
- AWOL
- be conspicuous by your absence idiom
- conspicuous
- go AWOL idiom
- in absentia
- lacuna
- miss
- missing
- missing person
- no-show
- nowhere
- nowhere to be found idiom
- out
absent adjective (NOT EXISTING)
not existing:
Any sign of remorse was completely absent from her face.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Absent
- absence
- absentee
- AWOL
- be conspicuous by your absence idiom
- conspicuous
- go AWOL idiom
- in absentia
- lacuna
- miss
- missing
- missing person
- no-show
- nowhere
- nowhere to be found idiom
- out
absent adjective (NOT PAYING ATTENTION)
used to describe a person or the expression on a person's face when they are thinking about other things and are not paying attention to what is happening near them
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not paying attention
- absent-minded
- absently
- abstracted
- anyhow
- be having a moment idiom
- be like talking to a brick wall idiom
- blind
- faraway
- glaze
- go back to sleep! idiom
- hasty
- heedless
- not take a blind bit of notice idiom
- perfunctory
- remiss
- sideline
- slapdash
- slaphappy
- sloppy
- wander
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absentpreposition
uk/ˈæb.sənt/us/ˈæb.sənt/USwithout:
Absent a detailed plan, the project was doomed from the start.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Absent
- absence
- absentee
- AWOL
- be conspicuous by your absence idiom
- conspicuous
- go AWOL idiom
- in absentia
- lacuna
- miss
- missing
- missing person
- no-show
- nowhere
- nowhere to be found idiom
- out
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Non-existence and not being
absentverb
uk/æbˈsent/us/æbˈsent/absent yourself formal
to not go to a place where you are expected to be, especially a school or place of work:
You cannot choose to absent yourself (from work/school) on a whim.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Absent
- absence
- absentee
- AWOL
- be conspicuous by your absence idiom
- conspicuous
- go AWOL idiom
- in absentia
- lacuna
- miss
- missing
- missing person
- no-show
- nowhere
- nowhere to be found idiom
- out