absent | ||
1. | [ adjective ] not in a specified place physically or mentally | |
Related terms: | present away lacking introuvable truant devoid presence | |
2. | [ verb ] go away or leave | |
Synonyms: | remove | |
Examples: | "He absented himself" |
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Related terms: | disappear absentee | |
3. | [ adjective ] lost in thought; showing preoccupation | |
Synonyms: | absentminded scatty abstracted | |
Examples: | "an absent stare" "an absentminded professor" "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" |
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Related terms: | inattentive | |
Similar spelling: |
absently absentee abashment abasement absinth absence absinthe abysm |