Absent
adjective
Not present in a place or at an occasion.
John was absent from school yesterday.
Often appears as...
- absent from school
- absent from work
adjective
Not giving attention to something.
She has an absent look on her face.
Often appears as...
- absent look
- absent-minded
verb
Stay away from a place or person.
He absented himself from the class.
Often appears as...
- absent oneself
- absent himself
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Not existing or not available.
Basic amenities such as clean water were absolutely absent.
Often appears as...
- absolutely absent
- totally absent
adjective
Not present in a place or at an occasion.
John was absent from school yesterday.
Often appears as...
- absent from school
- absent from work
adjective
Not giving attention to something.
She has an absent look on her face.
Often appears as...
- absent look
- absent-minded
verb
Stay away from a place or person.
He absented himself from the class.
Often appears as...
- absent oneself
- absent himself
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Not existing or not available.
Basic amenities such as clean water were absolutely absent.
Often appears as...
- absolutely absent
- totally absent
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Absence
Use 'absent' to indicate someone is not physically in a specific location.
Professor Smith is absent from the conference today.
Pro Tip 2/3Specifying Occasion
Mention the occasion or place when specifying someone's absence.
Tina was absent from the birthday party.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Absent' is not always interchangeable with 'missing'; 'absent' emphasizes a lack of presence.
The key witness was absent during the trial.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Absence
Use 'absent' to indicate someone is not physically in a specific location.
Professor Smith is absent from the conference today.
Pro Tip 2/3Specifying Occasion
Mention the occasion or place when specifying someone's absence.
Tina was absent from the birthday party.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Absent' is not always interchangeable with 'missing'; 'absent' emphasizes a lack of presence.
The key witness was absent during the trial.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Absence
Use 'absent' to indicate someone is not physically in a specific location.
Professor Smith is absent from the conference today.
Pro Tip 2/3Specifying Occasion
Mention the occasion or place when specifying someone's absence.
Tina was absent from the birthday party.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Absent' is not always interchangeable with 'missing'; 'absent' emphasizes a lack of presence.
The key witness was absent during the trial.
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Video examples
Bill Gates: The...
I want to ask you a question about scaling down, because one thing that's absent from your book is a discussion about scaling down fossil fuel production, maybe starting with at least not expanding it anymore, with adopting a sort of fossil fuel nonproliferation approach, because right now we are talking about a green transition,
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Let the environment...
for new ideas and new paradigms. This is a scientific journey on the challenges facing humanity in the global phase of sustainability. On this journey, I'd like to bring, apart from yourselves, a good friend, a stakeholder, who's always absent when we deal with the negotiations on environmental issues,
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Vampire Bats Biting...
results come back clear the bat has antibodies and strike her nose the bat was exposed to rabies in the recent past this is an important test for us because it allows us to first determine whether the virus is present or absent in a bat population and finally we can ask some
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Michael Porter: Why...
Another issue is health. I mean, what we've found is actually health of employees is something that business should treasure, because that health allows those employees to be more productive and come to work and not be absent. The deeper work, the new work, the new thinking
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Why do humans have a...
Looking at our primate relatives, we can see that the palmaris longus is sometimes absent in those that spend more time on the land, but always present in those that spend more time in trees. So we think it used to help us swing from branch to branch,
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The real meaning of soul...
might be why a sense of humor is absent from that list so what about going with a different language altogether the language of music soul music because of soul can be said to have a heart this surely goes right to it think Nina
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A lesson on looking PIPE...
we too have the ability to act affirmatively and affect positive change. I have been mining the world of art to help people across the professional spectrum to see the extraordinary in the everyday, to articulate what is absent
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How American and Chinese...
That sense of collective responsibility sometimes feels a little absent from this culture. At the same time, there are, I think, valid concerns around surveillance and data privacy, things like that. What is the balance here,
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Could your brain repair...
and the striatum, which helps manage movement. Scientists don't yet have a good grasp on exactly what role neurogenesis plays in any of these regions, or why they have this ability that's absent from the rest of the brain,
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Wild Beavers Return...
once native to the british isles the beaver has been absent from the uk countryside for over 400 years
Video examples
Bill Gates: The...
I want to ask you a question about scaling down, because one thing that's absent from your book is a discussion about scaling down fossil fuel production, maybe starting with at least not expanding it anymore, with adopting a sort of fossil fuel nonproliferation approach, because right now we are talking about a green transition,
Video examples
Let the environment...
for new ideas and new paradigms. This is a scientific journey on the challenges facing humanity in the global phase of sustainability. On this journey, I'd like to bring, apart from yourselves, a good friend, a stakeholder, who's always absent when we deal with the negotiations on environmental issues,
Video examples
Vampire Bats Biting...
results come back clear the bat has antibodies and strike her nose the bat was exposed to rabies in the recent past this is an important test for us because it allows us to first determine whether the virus is present or absent in a bat population and finally we can ask some
Video examples
Michael Porter: Why...
Another issue is health. I mean, what we've found is actually health of employees is something that business should treasure, because that health allows those employees to be more productive and come to work and not be absent. The deeper work, the new work, the new thinking
Video examples
Why do humans have a...
Looking at our primate relatives, we can see that the palmaris longus is sometimes absent in those that spend more time on the land, but always present in those that spend more time in trees. So we think it used to help us swing from branch to branch,
Video examples
The real meaning of soul...
might be why a sense of humor is absent from that list so what about going with a different language altogether the language of music soul music because of soul can be said to have a heart this surely goes right to it think Nina
Video examples
A lesson on looking PIPE...
we too have the ability to act affirmatively and affect positive change. I have been mining the world of art to help people across the professional spectrum to see the extraordinary in the everyday, to articulate what is absent
Video examples
How American and Chinese...
That sense of collective responsibility sometimes feels a little absent from this culture. At the same time, there are, I think, valid concerns around surveillance and data privacy, things like that. What is the balance here,
Video examples
Could your brain repair...
and the striatum, which helps manage movement. Scientists don't yet have a good grasp on exactly what role neurogenesis plays in any of these regions, or why they have this ability that's absent from the rest of the brain,
Video examples
Wild Beavers Return...
once native to the british isles the beaver has been absent from the uk countryside for over 400 years
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Quote examples
Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.
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Philip Kerr
British Author
I love sitting at my desk and facing a quiet day with a pen in my hand, and putting myself into a story. It's kind of weird, isn't it? I mean, to absent myself from real life and make up stories is strange, but I started doing this when I was ten years old. It was all I wanted to do.
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Wilbur Ross
American Businessman
To me, the most terrifying form of warfare would be if there was some simultaneous cyber attack on our grid, on the banking system, and on our transportation system. That would be quite a devastating thing, and yet in theory, absent some real protective measures, that could happen.
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Patsy Kensit
English Actress
I've only ever chosen men who happen to spend a lot of time out of the country, who have jobs that take them all over the world, and I think that's interesting because my father was absent, and then home, and I've always been in relationships where there's separation.
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Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer
Readers are hungry to have their stories in the world, to see mirrors of themselves if the stories are about people like them, and to have windows if the stories are about people who have been historically absent in literature.
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Joe Wicks
British Author
I do love my dad, we have a great relationship now but there were years when he was absent and it was my mum that raised me.
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Kate Atkinson
English Author
It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
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Indira Varma
English Actress
I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?
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Charles Reade
English Novelist
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
Quote examples
Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.
Quote examples
Philip Kerr
British Author
I love sitting at my desk and facing a quiet day with a pen in my hand, and putting myself into a story. It's kind of weird, isn't it? I mean, to absent myself from real life and make up stories is strange, but I started doing this when I was ten years old. It was all I wanted to do.
Quote examples
Wilbur Ross
American Businessman
To me, the most terrifying form of warfare would be if there was some simultaneous cyber attack on our grid, on the banking system, and on our transportation system. That would be quite a devastating thing, and yet in theory, absent some real protective measures, that could happen.
Quote examples
Patsy Kensit
English Actress
I've only ever chosen men who happen to spend a lot of time out of the country, who have jobs that take them all over the world, and I think that's interesting because my father was absent, and then home, and I've always been in relationships where there's separation.
Quote examples
Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer
Readers are hungry to have their stories in the world, to see mirrors of themselves if the stories are about people like them, and to have windows if the stories are about people who have been historically absent in literature.
Quote examples
Joe Wicks
British Author
I do love my dad, we have a great relationship now but there were years when he was absent and it was my mum that raised me.
Quote examples
Kate Atkinson
English Author
It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
Quote examples
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Quote examples
Indira Varma
English Actress
I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?
Quote examples
Charles Reade
English Novelist
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
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