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English noun: absence | |||
| 1. | absence (state) the state of being absent | ||
| Samples | He was surprised by the absence of any explanation. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deficiency, lack, want | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | awayness, nonoccurrence | ||
| Antonyms | presence | ||
| 2. | absence (act) failure to be present | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nonattendance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | absenteeism, cut, default | ||
| Antonyms | presence | ||
| 3. | absence (time) the time interval during which something or somebody is away | ||
| Samples | He visited during my absence. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interval, time interval | ||
| 4. | absence (state) the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy | ||
| Synonyms | absence seizure | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ictus, raptus, seizure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | complex absence, pure absence, simple absence, subclinical absence | ||
| Part meronym | epilepsia minor, petit mal, petit mal epilepsy | ||
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