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 Definition of 'absent':

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1. (adj) absent
not being in a specified place


2. (adj) lacking, absent, missing, wanting
nonexistent
"the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"

3. (adj) absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty
lost in thought; showing preoccupation
"an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"

4. (verb) absent, remove
go away or leave
"He absented himself"
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