absence

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

absencesabs.

1.
(uncountable, usually)A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
2.
(uncountable, usually)The period of someone being away.
During Jane's absence, Mark will be taking charge.
3.
(uncountable, usually)Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
4.
(uncountable, usually)Lack; deficiency; non-existence.
He had an absence of enthusiasm.
5.
(uncountable, usually)Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
absence of mind
6.
(uncountable, usually)(medicine) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
7.
(uncountable, usually)(fencing) Lack of contact between blades.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

absentiamissingness

Trái nghĩa

presence existence possession sufficiencystate of being away presenceexistence, possession, sufficiency

Cùng gốc / liên quan

absementnonabsenceomniabsencepseudoabsenceabsence makes the heart grow fonderabsence makes the heart go yonderabsence of mindabsence seizureabsence without leaveconspicuous by one's absencein the absence ofleave of absenceabsent absentee absenteeismabsential

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, ausence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (absent), present active participle of absum (to be away or absent), from ab (from, away from) + sum (to be).