absent

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Being away from a place

   Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.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.
   • Expecting absent friends.
2. 2

   Not existing.

   • The body part was rudimentary or absent in 1% of specimens.
   • Empathy seemed to be absent from the messages.
   • Signs of forced entry were absent.
3. 3

   Inattentive to what is passing

   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   • Tom was there, but he seemed absent and withdrawn.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.
   • What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.
   • For days Ailie had an absent eye and a sad face, and it so fell out that in all that time young Heriotside, who had scarce missed a day, was laid up with a broken arm and never came near her.
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   1. 4

      Something absent, especially absent people collectively

      Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.

      • The Applause he met with exceeds all belief of the Absent.
      • That very sense of longing, of yearning for the absent, which 'nostalgia' conveys to us now.
   2. 5

      An absentee

      An absentee; a person who is not there.

   3. 6

      In the absence of

      In the absence of; without; except.

      • Absent taxes modern governments cannot function.
      • the Princess Caroline case […] established that – absent a measurable ‘public interest’ in publication – she was safe from being photographed while out shopping.
   4. 7

      To keep (oneself) away.

      • Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace.
      • If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined.
      • This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
   5. 8

      To keep (someone) away.

      • Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more;
   6. 9

      Stay away

      Stay away; withdraw.

   7. 10

      Leave.

   8. 11

      To omit.

      • When we realize that the digitalisation of the image involves - by reducing and even absenting - the role of 'the physical', the 'sensuous' (by reducing and eventually absenting the indexical aspects of the image) […]
      • Such sequences draw attention to the affective appeals that environmental documentary typically makes, precisely by absenting those appeals.

The neighborhood

• neighborabsence
• neighborabsentee
• neighborabsenteeism
• neighborabsentia
• neighborin absentia