Absent

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French absent < Old French ausent < Latin absent-, the stem of absens, present participle of abesse (“‘to be away from’”), formed from ab + esse (“‘to be’”).

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) enPR: ăb'sənt, IPA: /ˈæb.sənt/, SAMPA: /{b.s@nt/

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Adjective

Absent (not comparable)

Positive Absent

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
   • 1623, Template:Shak., All’s Well That Ends Well, II-iii

   Expecting absent friends.

2. Not existing; lacking.

   The part was rudimental or absent.

3. Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
   • 1746-1747, Chesterfield, Letters to his Son

   What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.

Antonyms

• present

Related terms

• absence
• absentee
• absenteeism

Translations

being away from a place

American Sign Language: 1@NearFinger-Open8@Center-PalmDown Contact 1@NearFinger-Open8@Center-PalmDown Armenian: բացակա hy(hy) (bac'aka) Bulgarian: отсъстващ bg(bg) Chinese: 缺席 (quēxí) Czech: nepřítomný cs(cs) m. Dutch: afwezig nl(nl), weg nl(nl) German: abwesend de(de) Greek: απών (apón) m.

Italian: assente it(it) Japanese: 欠席する (kesseki suru) Latin: absens la(la) Maltese: nieqes Norwegian: fraværende no(no) Portuguese: ausente pt(pt) Slovene: odsoten sl(sl) Spanish: ausente es(es), falta es(es)

not existing

Armenian: բացակա hy(hy) (bac'aka) Bulgarian: несъществуващ bg(bg) Dutch: afwezig nl(nl) Greek: ανύπαρκτος el(el) m.

Italian: assente it(it) Norwegian: fraværende no(no) Portuguese: ausente pt(pt) Spanish: ausente es(es)

inattentive

Armenian: անջատված hy(hy) (anǰatvaç) Bulgarian: отсъстващ bg(bg) Chinese: 缺席 (quēxí) Dutch: afwezig nl(nl), verstrooid nl(nl) German: (geistig) abwesend Greek: αφηρημένος el(el) m.

Italian: assente it(it) Latin: amens la(la) Norwegian: fraværende no(no) Portuguese: ausente pt(pt) Spanish: ausente es(es), distraído es(es)

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French: absent fr(fr) Ido: absenta Indonesian: absen, tidak hadir Interlingua: absente Novial: absenti

Etymology 2

From Latin absente (“‘being absent’”)

Preposition

Template:En-prep

1. without

   The gross value represents returns absent both taxation and interest on the investment’s cash component.

   • 1919, State vs. Britt, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division 2, in The Southwestern Reporter, page 427

     If the accused refuse upon demand to pay money or deliver property (absent any excuse or excusing circumstance) which came into his hands as a bailee, such refusal might well constitute some evidence of conversion, with the requisite fraudulent intent required by the statute.

Translations

without

Dutch: behalve nl(nl), zonder nl(nl), uitgezonderd nl(nl)

Etymology 3

From Old French, from Late Latin absentare (“‘keep away, be away’”).

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) enPR: ăbsĕnt', IPA: /æbˈsɛnt/, SAMPA: {b"sEnt

Verb

Infinitive to Absent

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Absent (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive, with reflexive pronoun) To go away from a place; to leave.
   • (A date for this quote is being sought): Addison — If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To withhold from being present
   • 1851, John Milton, The Paradise Lost — Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more.

Translations

to leave

Ancient Greek: ἅπειμι (hapeimi) Dutch: zich nl(nl) verwijderen nl(nl), vertrekken nl(nl) Greek: απουσιάζω el(el)

Malay: pergi ms(ms) Portuguese: ausentar pt(pt) Spanish: ausentarse es(es)

to be not present

Ancient Greek: ἅπειμι (hapeimi) Bulgarian: отсъствам bg(bg) Dutch: afwezig nl(nl) zijn nl(nl) Greek: λείπω el(el), απουσιάζω el(el)

Latin: absum la(la) Portuguese: ausentar pt(pt) Spanish: ausentarse es(es)

Anagrams

• abenst,
• abnets

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin absens.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /apsɑ̃/

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Adjective

Absent m. (f. Absente, m. plural Absents, f. plural Absentes)

1. absent
2. absent-minded

Noun

Absent m. (plural Absents)

1. absentee; missing person

Anagrams

• abenst,
• basent

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