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absence
[ ab-suhns ]
noun
- state of being away or not being present:
I acted as supervisor in his absence. Your absence was noted on the records.
Antonyms: presence
- period of being away:
an absence of several weeks.
- failure to attend or appear when expected.
- lack; deficiency:
the absence of proof.
- inattentiveness; preoccupation; absent-mindedness:
absence of mind.
absence
/ ˈæbsəns /
noun
- the state of being away
- the time during which a person or thing is away
- the fact of being without something; lack
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of absence1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with absence , also see conspicuous by its absence .Example Sentences
How do you celebrate when happy occasions are colored by loss and absence?
In the absence of cultural shifts, then, new reproductive technology might not matter as much for women as it would for men.
So filmmakers usually resort to a plot device to compensate for this absence.
In the absence of typical classrooms and curriculums, West Africans have opted for alternate methods of learning and education.
Courage, one recalls, is not the absence of fear but the ability to act in the face of it.
A characteristic which distinguished them and which impressed Mrs. Pontellier most forcibly was their entire absence of prudery.
And the absence of paper and so forth, rendering notebooks costly and rare, made a large amount of memorizing necessary.
During his absence his own relations and the chief families in his town became the objects of persecution.
And the countess-dowager fanned herself complacently, and neither she nor Maude cared for the absence of a groomsman.
Mamma has proposed to her—in view of your absence—to come and stay with us, and she does n't seem afraid of the idea.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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