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- pronunciation:
- aeb
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 ns
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the state or condition of being away or not present.
You will have a substitute teacher during my absence.- antonyms:
- attendance, presence
- similar words:
- absenteeism, leave, nonattendance, truancy
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| definition 2: |
an instance or period of time of being away.
She had too many absences from class to pass the course.After a six-month absence, she went back to work with renewed energy.- similar words:
- leave
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| definition 3: |
the state of not having; lack.
There was an absence of luxury in those lean times.- synonyms:
- lack
- similar words:
- dearth, need, vacuity, want
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| related words: |
default, lack, poverty |
adjective + (n.)absence
absolute,
apparent,
complete,
congenital,
conspicuous,
continued,
excessive,
excused,
extended,
frequent,
glaring,
hypothetical,
indefinite,
mere,
mysterious,
near,
notable,
noticeable,
pericardial,
prolonged,
relative,
striking,
sudden,
temporary,
total,
unexcused,
unexplained,
unpaid,
utter,
virtual
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verb + (n.)absence
attribute, characterize, compensate, exacerbate, frustrate, imply, lament, mourn, notice, signify, stem, trouble
noun + (n.)absence
deficiency, emptiness, icon, leave, presence, vacuum, void
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The word absence
contains the following parts:
ab-, abs-
Latin
prefix
that means from, away from
  More about this word part:
Most words containing the prefix ab-
, abs-
are Latin loanwords, so the bases are Latin roots. ab-
becomes abs-
before bases beginning with "t," such as "tract."
Example words:
abbreviate, abbreviation, abdicate, abduct, aberrant, aberration, abhor, abject, abjure, ablate, ablation, abnormal, abolish, aborigine, abrade, abrasion, abrasive, abrupt, abscond, absence, absent, absolute, absolve, absorb, abstain, abstract, abnegate, abuse, abusive
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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