Definition of 'absence'
Word forms: plural absences
2. singular noun
The absence of something from a place is the fact that it is not there or does not exist.
3. See also leave of absence
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absence in British English
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Word origin
C14: via Old French from Latin absentia, from absēns a being away
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absence in American English
noun
1.
the condition of being absent, or away
2.
the time of being away
3.
the fact of being without; lack
in the absence of evidence
4.
inattentiveness
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absence in American English
(ˈæbsəns)
noun
ANTONYMS 1. presence.1.
state of being away or not being present
I acted as supervisor in his absence
Your absence was noted on the records
2.
period of being away
an absence of several weeks
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absence
British English: absence
/ˈæbsəns/ NOUN
The absence of someone or something is the fact that they are not there.
The letters had arrived in my absence.
- American English: absence /ˈæbsəns/
- Arabic: غِيَاب
- Brazilian Portuguese: ausência
- Chinese: 缺席
- Croatian: odsutnost
- Czech: nepřítomnost
- Danish: fravær
- Dutch: afwezigheid
- European Spanish: ausencia
- Finnish: poissaolo
- French: absence
- German: Abwesenheit
- Greek: απουσία
- Italian: assenza
- Japanese: 不在
- Korean: 부재
- Norwegian: fravær
- Polish: nieobecność
- European Portuguese: ausência
- Romanian: absență
- Russian: отсутствие
- Latin American Spanish: ausencia
- Swedish: frånvaro
- Thai: การไม่อยู่, การขาด, การไม่ปรากฏตัว
- Turkish: yokluk devam
- Ukrainian: відсутність
- Vietnamese: sự vắng mặt
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