absence

Plural

absences

1. 1.A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

   • Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

2. 2.The period of someone being away.

   • During Jane's absence, Mark will be taking charge.
   • Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence.

3. 3.Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.

   • Harry Kane was an absence in that first half. He touched the ball 11 times despite Spurs taking 62% of possession.
   • Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users.

4. 4.Lack; deficiency; non-existence.

   • He had an absence of enthusiasm.
   • The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep.

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Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

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Academic

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Literature

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Antonyms

• presence