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absence
[ ab-suhns ]
noun
- state of being away or not being present:
I acted as supervisor in his absence. Your absence was noted on the records.
Antonyms:
- period of being away:
an absence of several weeks.
- failure to attend or appear when expected.
- lack; deficiency:
the absence of proof.
- inattentiveness; preoccupation; absent-mindedness:
absence of mind.
absence
/ ˈæəԲ /
noun
- the state of being away
- the time during which a person or thing is away
- the fact of being without something; lack
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of absence1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with absence , also see conspicuous by its absence .Example Sentences
On 3 March this year, he did not appear for the slated start date, and the prosecution asked to continue the trial in the defendant's absence.
Was the word “dark” just meant to describe what was under there — darkness, the absence of light beneath a space-gobbling hunk of immovable material?
Murray, who skated on the Boston Bruins’ imposing “700-pound Line,” a name inspired by the collective weight of the three players, said the absence of nicknames doesn’t necessarily represent progress.
Betts felt like his absence distracted from that team’s accomplishment and made the news cycle about him.
The Unite general secretary has been notable largely by her absence during this strike.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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