absence

  • 21Absence — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Absence », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) L absence, en droit, est l état d une personne …

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  • 22absence — n. 1) an excused; unexcused absence 2) absence from (an unexcused absence from school) 3) during, in smb. s absence * * * [ æbs(ə)ns] in smb. s unexcused absence an excused during absence from (an unexcused absence from school) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 23absence — [[t]æ̱bs(ə)ns[/t]] ♦♦♦ absences 1) N VAR: with supp Someone s absence from a place is the fact that they are not there. ...a bundle of letters which had arrived for me in my absence... Eleanor would later blame her mother in law for her husband s …

    English dictionary

  • 24Absence — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Nullibiety. < N PARAG:Absence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 absence absence Sgm: N 1 inexistence inexistence &c. 2 Sgm: N 1 nonresidence nonresidence absenteeism Sgm: N 1 nonattendance nonattendance alibi …

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  • 25absence — ab|sence [ æbsəns ] noun ** 1. ) count a period of time when someone is not where they should be or where they usually are: His frequent and prolonged absences were making his wife suspicious. in someone s absence (=while someone is not there):… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26absence — /ab seuhns/, n. 1. state of being away or not being present: I acted as supervisor in his absence. Your absence was noted on the records. 2. period of being away: an absence of several weeks. 3. failure to attend or appear when expected. 4. lack; …

    Universalium

  • 27Absence — Ab|sence 〈[ absã:s] f. 19; Med.〉 geistige Abwesenheit, kurze Bewusstseinstrübung; Sy 〈schweiz.〉 Absenz (2) [frz., „Abwesenheit“ <lat. absentia] * * * Ab|sence [a psã:s ], die; , n […sn̩] [frz. absence < lat. absentia, ↑ Absenz] (Med.): (bes …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 28absence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) State of being away Nouns 1. (not being here) absence, nonresidence, noninhabitance, non presence, nonattendance, absenteeism, truancy, hooky, family leave; French leave; nonexistence. 2. (lack of… …

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  • 29absence — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, abscondence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, beggary, cut, day off, dearth, default, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, departure, deprivation, destitution,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30absence — /ˈæbsəns/ (say absuhns) noun 1. a state of being away: speak ill of no one in their absence. 2. a period of being away: an absence of several weeks. 3. lack; non existence: the absence of proof. –phrase 4. absence of mind, inattention or… …