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Absent ˈæbsənt Work Played Strangely Adjective Bre Love

Word absent
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˈæbsənt / NAmE / ˈæbsənt /
Example
  • to be absent from work
  • love was totally absent from his childhood.
  • an absent expression
  • he now played with a passion that had been strangely absent from his previous performance.
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absent

(adjective)BrE / ˈæbsənt / NAmE / ˈæbsənt /
  1. not in a place because of illness, etc.
    • opposite present
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/present_1
    • to be absent from work
  2. not present in something
    • opposite present
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/present_1
    • Love was totally absent from his childhood.
  3. showing that you are not really looking at or thinking about what is happening around you
    • see also absently
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/absently
    • an absent expression

    Extra Examples

    • He now played with a passion that had been strangely absent from his previous performance.
    • He played with an abandon that was strangely absent from his performance last week.
    • He was absent from work for two weeks.
    • Local people were conspicuously absent from the meeting.
    • soldiers who go absent without leave

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: via Old French from Latin absens, absent- ‘being absent’, present participle of abesse, from ab- ‘from, away’ + esse ‘to be’.
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