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- parts of speech:
- adjective, transitive verb, preposition
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
aeb
s nt
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| definition 1: |
not in the expected or required place.
The flu caused many employees to be absent last month.Why were you absent from school yesterday?The old clock was now absent from its familiar place on the wall.- synonyms:
- gone
- antonyms:
- present
- similar words:
- away, missing, off, out, truant
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| definition 2: |
not focused on the here and now; unattentive.
He looked at the professor, but his mind remained absent.He asked her a question, but she just gave him an absent look.- synonyms:
- faraway, oblivious, unattentive
- antonyms:
- attentive
- similar words:
- absent-minded, absorbed, distracted, inattentive, preoccupied, thoughtless, unthinking
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| related words: |
absentee, lost |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
aeb
sent
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| inflections: |
absents, absenting, absented |
| definition: |
to take (oneself) away.
Claiming that he was ill, he absented himself from the meeting.- antonyms:
- present
- similar words:
- excuse, exempt, leave, remove, retire, withdraw
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| part of speech: |
preposition |
| pronunciation: |
aeb
snt
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| definition: |
without; in the absence of.
Absent clear data, it's impossible to judge the effectiveness of the drug.We cannot carry out the procedure on the child absent permission of the parents. |
| derivations: |
absently (adv.), absentness (n.) |
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