absent
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
lacking; nonexistent: Revenge is absent from his mind.
not attentive; preoccupied; absent-minded: an absent look on his face.
to take or keep (oneself) away: to absent oneself from a meeting.
in the absence of; without: Absent some catastrophe, stock-market prices should soon improve.
Origin of absent
1Other words for absent
Opposites for absent
Other words from absent
- ab·sen·ta·tion [ab-suhn-tey-shuhn], /ˌæb sənˈteɪ ʃən/, noun
- ab·sent·er, noun
- ab·sent·ness, noun
- non·ab·sen·ta·tion, noun
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How to use absent in a sentence
While the giant has made efforts recently to elevate quality reporting in its algorithms, most of those ranking decisions are made absent of human judgement.
Google is paying publishers more than $1 billion to create and curate high-quality content | Sara Fischer | October 1, 2020 | AxiosHis social studies teacher was absent, which hadn’t been announced until the night before, and he hadn’t received the Zoom link for the substitute.
Noticeably absent are the US, China, and Russia—all home to companies with Covid-19 vaccines in development.
The nations opting out of a plan to ensure global access to Covid-19 vaccines | Katherine Ellen Foley | September 22, 2020 | QuartzGoogle, when looking at sites it knew it could trust around YMYL topics, determined that they were absent of marketing language on informational pages.
Did Google just hint at an authority profile? | Mordy Oberstein | September 21, 2020 | Search Engine LandCultural influence shapes the gendered behavior of every human on this planet, meaning we cannot measure innate sex differences absent cultural factors.
absent a body, no one can say with absolute certainty whether Castro is dead, even if all signs point in that direction.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro | Bill Conroy | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, they added, that body scanners are absent at local airports, which they called “this large loophole.”
A Gift to the Jihadis: The Unseen Airport Security Threat | Clive Irving | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNoticeably absent are the multiple award nominations and high praise from critics.
‘No Regrets’: Peter Jackson Says Goodbye to Middle-Earth | Alex Suskind | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe absent turkey had been blown clean away in the hurricane force winds, I concluded.
Kate has been absent from public view since the announcment was made on September 8.
In pneumonia chlorids are constantly very low, and in some cases are absent entirely.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe infectious diseases in which leukocytosis is absent (p. 160) often cause a slight decrease of leukocytes.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddMurat was absent, and there was no evil influence to cloud his friendship with his great chief.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonPepsin is rarely or never absent in the presence of free hydrochloric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddSince the two enzyms are almost invariably present or absent together, the test for rennin serves also as a test for pepsin.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
British Dictionary definitions for absent
away or not present
lacking; missing
inattentive; absent-minded
(tr) to remove (oneself) or keep away
Origin of absent
1Derived forms of absent
- absenter, noun
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