Absence

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From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘from, away from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”).

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• IPA: /ˈæbsəns/, SAMPA: /"{bs@ns/

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1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

   Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. - Phillippians 2:12

2. Want; lack; destitution; withdrawal.

   In the absence of conventional law. - Kent

3. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.

   Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind. - Joseph Addison

   To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. - Landor

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• presence

Derived termsModificar

• absence makes the heart grow fonder

Related termsModificar

• absent
• absentee
• absenteeism

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From French absence from Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘of, by, from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”)

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Absence f.

1. absence

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From Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘of, by, from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”).

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• IPA: /ap.sɑ̃s/, SAMPA: /ap.sA~s/

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Absence f. (plural Absences)

1. absence (state of being absent or withdrawn).

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From Old French absent, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘of, by, from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”).

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Patrono:Enm-noun

1. absent

Related termsModificar

• absent

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