Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.

    Owing to his own illness and then his family's, Ramzi has often been absent from class this month. We will help him catch up with his studies.

    When they were able to return to the clinic some months later, certain pieces of equipment were absent.

    abwesend

    отсу́тствующийotsútstvujuščij, отсу́тствоватьotsútstvovatʹ

    відсу́тнійvidsútnij

  2. (not comparable)Not existing.

    The body part was rudimentary or absent in 1% of specimens.

    Empathy seemed to be absent from the messages.

    несуществу́ющийnesuščestvújuščij

  3. (comparable)Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.

    Tom was there, but he seemed absent and withdrawn. Normally he is quite present [= engaged] during a meeting.

    geistig abwesend

    невнима́тельныйnevnimátelʹnyj, отсу́тствующийotsútstvujuščij

More definitions
  • lost in thought; showing preoccupation
  • not being in a specified place
  • nonexistent

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

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
being away from a place:
Русский
By meaning 3
being away from a place:
not existing:
inattentive:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
being away from a place:
inattentive:

Origin

From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their s

From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).

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Forms

absenter, absentest
Comparativeabsenter Lesson
Superlativeabsentest Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

14 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