absence
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈæbsəns/
:
ausencia
- Your prolonged absence from school has caused concern among your teachers.
- leave of absence
- teacher absence
- student absences
Do you believe your absence will improve Cruz's chances?
- Do you believe your absence will improve Cruz's chances?
- So it wasn't a leave of absence so much as a Sprint for his life.
- For those who are watching from afar today, your absence here is felt.
- So they're coming up with terms that have been invented in my absence from boxing.
- And then the next question I would get is, do you think the absence of Oprah is going to be felt?
- But we saw Anton come back after that long, you know, period of absence.
- And coming up right now on the tripod, how did Rainey do in your absence?
- And then of course, they can have trials in their absence and they've got found not guilty.
- It means that they have not created a leadership team that can handle things in their absence.
- Hey, it's Sean from tested back with another show and tell after a a long absence.
- He told us that in his absence, he wanted to say that car.
- So what what would you expect by garage in terms of absence rates?
- So you don't, I always say if if you're absence isn't enough to motivate him, your presence never will.
Examples
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"I can take a leave of absence for six months and then go back.
Fiction book (1991) -
Homelessness implies an absence of one of life's most basic needs: a place to call home.
Academic text (2011) -
Have you seen any data to do with sick days, days taken on leave for mental health absence, stuff like that?
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We think that you should take a leave of absence until we're able to sort all this out.
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All these problems are attributed to the absence of international rules for these issues.
Academic text (2017) -
We were interested in the relationship between teacher absence and student achievement.
Academic text (2012) -
For those who are watching from afar today, your absence here is felt.
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After a three-month leave of absence, you will return at your old grade.
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Your absence these past weeks has sent tongues wagging.
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In your absence, I've gotten to know Julie quite intimately.
Synonyms
38
3.9
A period when someone is officially allowed to be away from work or school
34
6.3
A pause in an activity or series that is usually temporary
Not being at a place, for example living in another country
Not being present at an event when people expect you
A failure by a person to come to a place they should, often in court or at a meeting
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Being apart from someone makes you care for them more
Compounds
- Formal
38
3.9
A period when someone is officially allowed to be away from work or school
- Specialized
1
7.5
A short, sudden moment when a person stares blankly and does not respond, often with blinking or twitching
- Specialized
A short seizure that makes you lose awareness and causes muscle weakness or sudden movements
- Specialized
A brief loss of awareness when someone stares blankly for a few seconds
- Specialized
A very brief seizure that shows only on a brain activity test and causes no clear symptoms
How Long
2
3.6
186
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Absence comes from the parts ab- 'away' and esse 'to be', the same parts you find in absent. So it can mean the time someone is 'away' from a place, which is why we use it for a period of not being there.