(not being absent)
1Absent referent — (sometimes Missing Referent, or Missing Antecedent) is a concept from linguistics, and is the condition of a sign which has an empty, absent, non existent, paradoxical, hypothetical, supernatural, or undefined referent. There are many examples of …
2Absent — Ab sent, a. [F., fr. absens, absentis, p. pr. of abesse to be away from; ab + esse to be. Cf. {Sooth}.] 1. Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. Expecting absent friends. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not existing; lacking; as,… …
3Not Going Out — Title screen of Not Going Out since series 2 Format Comedy Created by Lee Mack …
4absent-minded — absent mindedly, adv. absent mindedness, n. /ab seuhnt muyn did/, adj. so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one s immediate surroundings. Also,… …
5Not My Kid — Directed by Michael Tuchner Produced by Patricia Finnegan Sheldon Pinchuk Written by Christopher …
6Absent — Ab*sent , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Absenting}.] [Cf. F. absenter.] 1. To take or withdraw (one s self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; used with the reflexive pronoun. [1913 Webster] If after due summons any… …
7absent — Being away from; at a distance from; not in company with …
8absent — Being away from; at a distance from; not in company with …
9absent-minded — adj. habitually forgetful or inattentive; with one s mind on other things. Derivatives: absent mindedly adv. absent mindedness n. * * * absent mindedly, adv. absent mindedness, n. /ab seuhnt muyn did/, adj. so lost in thought that one does not… …
10Not I — This article is about the play. For the restriction enzyme NotI, see restriction enzyme. Photo of Lisa Dwan, Battersea Arts Centre © Allan Titmuss Not I is a twenty minute dramatic monologue written in 1972 (March 20 to April 1) by Samuel Beckett …
