absent

absent
ab|sent1 [ˈæbsənt] adj
[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of abesse, from ab- 'away' + esse 'to be']
1.) not at work, school, a meeting etc, because you are sick or decide not to go
≠ ↑present absent from
students who are regularly absent from school
2.) if someone or something is absent, they are missing or not in the place where they are expected to be
absent parent/father
plans to force absent fathers to pay child maintenance
absent from
Local women were conspicuously absent (=obviously not there) from the meeting.
3.) [only before noun]
a look etc that shows you are not paying attention to or thinking about what is happening
→↑absently
The dull, absent look on her face implied boredom.
absent 2
ab|sent2 [əbˈsent, æb- US æb-] v [T] formal
absent yourself (from sth)
to not go to a place or take part in an event where people expect you to be

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  • absent — absent, ente [ apsɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • ausent XIIe; lat. absens, absentis 1 ♦ Qui n est pas (dans le lieu où il pourrait, devrait être), qui est éloigné (de ce lieu). Il est absent de son bureau, de Paris. Elle a été absente deux mois, pendant… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • absent — absent, ente (a bsan, san t , ou, suivant la prononciation réelle, a psan) adj. 1°   Qui n est pas présent. Être absent. Absent par congé. Vous avez été longtemps absent. •   C est donc ainsi qu absent vous m avez obéi, MOL. Éc. des f. II, 2.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • absent — ABSÉNT, Ă, absenţi, te, adj. 1. Care nu e de faţă, care lipseşte. 2. fig. Care nu este atent la ce se petrece în jurul lui; distrat. – Din fr. absent, lat. absens, ntis. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  absént, ă adj. 1. care… …   Dicționar Român

  • Absent — Ab sent, a. [F., fr. absens, absentis, p. pr. of abesse to be away from; ab + esse to be. Cf. {Sooth}.] 1. Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. Expecting absent friends. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not existing; lacking; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • absent — I adjective absorbed, abstracted, astray, away, bare, bemused, blank, deficient, devoid, elsewhere, faraway, flown, gone, heedless, lost, missing, not present, nowhere to be found, null and void, preoccupied, removed, vacant, vacuous, wanting… …   Law dictionary

  • absent — UK US /ˈæbsənt/ adjective ► HR not at work or at the place where you are expected to be: absent from sth »Anna s been absent from work for four days with flu. ► not existing in a particular place: absent from sth »Any mention of prices is… …   Financial and business terms

  • absent — ABSENT, [abs]ente. Adj. Qui est éloigné de sa demeure ordinaire, qui est éloigné du lieu où il devroit estre. Vous avez esté long temps absent. il reçoit ses distributions tant absent que present. tandis qu il estoit absent de la Cour. ce… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • absent — Absent, m. acut. Est pur Latin. Absens, Estre absent, Abesse. Faire quelque chose pour aucun absent, Absentis alicuius negotium gerere. Il n y a rien pour les absens, Absentum ratio non habetur. Il gaigne autant absent que present, Absentis… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • absent — [ab′sənt; ] for v. [, ab sent′, əbsənt] adj. [ME < OFr < L absens, prp. of abesse < ab , away + esse, to be: see IS1] 1. not present; away 2. not existing; lacking 3. not attentive; absorbed in thought vt. to keep (oneself) away …   English World dictionary

  • Absent — (lat.), abwesend. Das Absent, in Bayern der Teil des Pfarreinkommens, den ein resignierender Pfarrer sich vorbehält als eine vom Nachfolger an ihn zu zahlende Pension. Absentenliste, Verzeichnis der Fehlenden. Absentation, Absentierung,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • absent — [adj1] not present astray, away, AWOL*, elsewhere, ghost, gone, hooky*, missing, nobody home*, no show*, removed, vanished; concept 583 Ant. attending, existing, present absent [adj2] deficient in something needed or usual bare, blank, devoid,… …   New thesaurus

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