absent

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absent[1,adjective] absent[2,transitive verb] absent[3,preposition] absent without leave

Main Entry: ¹ab·sent
Pronunciation: 'ab-s&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin absent-, absens, present participle of abesse to be absent, from ab- + esse to be -- more at IS
1 : not present or attending : MISSING
2 : not existing : LACKING <danger in a situation where power is absent -- M. H. Trytten>
3 : lost in thought : not attentive
synonym see ABSTRACTED
- ab·sent·ly adverb