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English

Etymology 1

From < , the stem of , present participle of {{term|abesse||to be away from}}, formed from + {{term|esse||to be}}.

Pronunciation

, IPA: /ˈæbsənt/,

Adjective

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
* , All’s Well That Ends Well, II-iii — Expecting absent friends.
Not existing; lacking.
: The part was rudimental or absent.
inattentive|Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
* Chesterfield — What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.

Translations

Chinese: 缺席 (quēxí)
Czech: {{t-|cs|nepřítomný|m}}
Dutch: ,
German:
Greek: απών (apón)
Italian:
Japanese: 欠席する (kesseki suru)

Latin:
Maltese: nieqes
Norwegian:
Portuguese:
Spanish: ,

Dutch:
Italian:
Norwegian:

Portuguese:
Spanish:

Chinese: 缺席 (quēxí)
Dutch: ,
German: (geistig) abwesend
Italian:
Latin:

Norwegian:
Portuguese:
Spanish: ,

Etymology 2

From and modern or from {{term|absentare||keep away, be away}}.

Pronunciation

, IPA: /æbˈsɛnt/,

Preposition

without
: The gross value represents returns absent both taxation and interest on the investment’s cash component.

Translations

Dutch: , ,

Verb

In the Context of To go away from a place; to leave.
* Addison — If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined.
In the Context of To withhold from being present
* Milton — Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more.

Translations

Bahasa Malaysia: pergi
Dutch: ,
Greek:
: Modern: απουσιάζω
: Classical: ἅπειμι

Portuguese:
Spanish:

Dutch:
Greek:
: Modern: λείπω, απουσιάζω
: Classical: ἅπειμι

Portuguese:
Spanish:
Latin:

Category:English heteronyms

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French

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Fr-absent.ogg

Adjective

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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 Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not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.
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2. Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or
absent.
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3. Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded;
preoccupied; as, an absent air.
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What is commonly called an absent man is commonly
either a very weak or a very affected man.
--Chesterfield.
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Syn: Absent, Abstracted.

Usage: These words both imply a lack of attention to
surrounding objects. We speak of a man as absent when
his thoughts wander unconsciously from present scenes
or topics of discourse; we speak of him as abstracted
when his mind (usually for a brief period) is drawn
off from present things by some weighty matter for
reflection. Absence of mind is usually the result of
loose habits of thought; abstraction commonly arises
either from engrossing interests and cares, or from
unfortunate habits of association.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Absent \Ab*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Absented; p. pr. & vb.
n. Absenting.] [Cf. F. absenter.]
1. To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to
prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
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If after due summons any member absents himself, he
is to be fined. --Addison.
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2. To withhold from being present. [Obs.] "Go; for thy stay,
not free, absents thee more." --Milton.
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WordNet absent
adj 1: not in a specified place physically or mentally [ant: present]
2: lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare";
"an absentminded professer"; "the scatty glancing quality
of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" [syn: absentminded,
abstracted, scatty]
v : go away or leave; "He absented himself" [syn: remove]

Moby Dictionary
absconded , absentminded , absorbed , abstracted , away , bemused ,
castle-building , daydreaming , daydreamy , deficient , deleted ,
departed , disappeared , distrait , dreaming , dreamy , drowsing ,
ecstatic , elsewhere , engrossed , faraway , forgetful , gone ,
half-awake , heedless , in a reverie , in the clouds , keep away from ,
lacking , lost , lost in thought , meditative , missing , mooning ,
moonraking , museful , musing , napping , no longer present , nodding ,
nonattendant , nonexistent , not found , not present , oblivious , off ,
omitted , out , out of sight , pensive , pipe-dreaming , preoccupied ,
rapt , somewhere else , stargazing , subtracted , taken away , taken up ,
transported , unconscious , vanished , wanting , withdraw from ,
woolgathering , wrapped in thought

ABSENT, adj. Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded in the consideration and affection of another. To men a man is but a mind. Who cares What face he carries or what form he wears? But woman's body is the woman. O, Stay thou, my sweetheart, and do never go, But heed the warning words the sage hath said: A woman absent is a woman dead. Jogo Tyree