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English adjective: absent | |||
| 1. | absent not being in a specified place | ||
| Similar | away, awol, introuvable, truant | ||
| Attribute | presence | ||
| Antonyms | present | ||
| 2. | absent nonexistent | ||
| Samples | The thumb is absent. Her appetite was lacking. | ||
| Synonyms | lacking, missing, wanting | ||
| Similar | nonexistent | ||
| Antonyms | existent, existing | ||
| 3. | absent lost in thought; showing preoccupation | ||
| Samples | An absent stare. An absentminded professor. The scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence. | ||
| Synonyms | absentminded, abstracted, scatty | ||
| Similar | inattentive | ||
| Antonyms | attentive | ||
English verb: absent | |||
| 1. | absent (change) go away or leave | ||
| Samples | He absented himself. | ||
| Synonyms | remove | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disappear, go away, vanish | ||
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