Associations to the word «Absent»

ABSENT, adjective. (not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

ABSENT, adjective. (not comparable) Not existing; lacking. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

ABSENT, adjective. (sometimes comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. [First attested in the early 18th century.]

ABSENT, noun. (obsolete) Absentee; a person who is away on occasion. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the early 19th century.]

ABSENT, preposition. (legal) In the absence of; without. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

ABSENT, verb. (transitive) (now) (reflexive) Keep away; stay away; go away. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

ABSENT, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) Stay away; withdraw. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 18th century.]

ABSENT, verb. (transitive) (rare) Leave. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

ABSENT OVER LEAVE, adjective. (military) Failing to return from leave or liberty on time.

ABSENT REFERENT, noun. (semantics) The condition of a sign which has an empty, absent, non-existent, paradoxical, hypothetical, supernatural, or undefined referent, such as nothing, null, vacuum, or void.

ABSENT REFERENTS, noun. Plural of absent referent

ABSENT TREATMENT, noun. Treatment that ignores the presence of a person; cold shoulder.

ABSENT TREATMENTS, noun. Plural of absent treatment

ABSENT VOTER, noun. Alternative form of absentee voter

ABSENT VOTERS, noun. Plural of absent voter

ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE, adjective. In the armed forces, being absent from one's post without prior authorization.

ABSENT, verb. Go away or leave; "He absented himself".

ABSENT, adjective. Not being in a specified place.

ABSENT, adjective. Nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking".

ABSENT, adjective. Lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence".