Meaning

5 senses
  1. (reflexive)To keep (oneself) away.

    Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace.

    stay away or leave

  2. (rare, transitive)Leave.

  3. (rare, transitive)To omit.

  4. (archaic, transitive)To keep (someone) away.

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)Stay away; withdraw.

    fehlen, fernbleiben

Examples

684 sentences
  1. Half of the students are absent.

    Половина студентів відсутня. — deniko

    ruПоловина студентов отсутствует. — Selena777

    deDie Hälfte der Studenten ist abwesend. — MUIRIEL

  2. You were absent from school yesterday.

    Вчора Ви не були в школі. — Internecivus

    ruТы пропустил вчера школу. — sharptoothed

    deDu warst gestern nicht in der Schule. — al_ex_an_der

  3. I've never been absent from school.

    Я ніколи не пропускав школу. — deniko

    ruЯ никогда не пропускал школу. — Inego

  4. I was absent from work yesterday.

    Я був відсутній учора на роботі. — sadxaka

    ruЯ отсутствовал вчера на работе. — Airy

  5. He is often absent from school.

    Його часто не буває в школі. — deniko

    ruОн часто пропускает школу. — odexed

    deEr fehlt oft in der Schule. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to withhold from being present:

Origin

From Middle English absenten, from Old French absenter, from Late Latin absentāre (“keep a

From Middle English absenten, from Old French absenter, from Late Latin absentāre (“keep away, be away”).

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Forms

absents, absenting, absented, absented
Base formabsent · to absent
3rd person singularabsents
Present participleabsenting
Past simpleabsented
Past participleabsented

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyabsent
he, she, itabsents

Past simpleLesson

all personsabsented

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave absented
he, she, ithas absented

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill absent

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • absent from school
  • was absent from
  • is absent today
  • is absent because
  • will be absent
  • absent today
  • would be absent
  • absent because
  • students were absent
  • absent minded
  • has been absent
  • be absent tomorrow

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
absent — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto