word | absence |
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definition | noun Someone's absence from a place is the fact that they are not there. ...a bundle of letters which had arrived for me in my absence. Eleanor would later blame her mother-in-law for her husband's frequent absences. The absence of something from a place is the fact that it is not there or does not exist . The presence or absence of clouds can have an important impact on heat transfer. In the absence of a will the courts decide who the guardian is. |
inflections | absences |
cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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