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I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Brendan Behan

Meaning of "absence" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ABSENCE

Via Old French from Latin absentia, from absēns a being away.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ABSENCE

absence  [ˈæbsəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABSENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Absence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ABSENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

absence

Absenteeism

Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of absence from a duty or obligation. Traditionally, absenteeism has been viewed as an indicator of poor individual performance, as well as a breach of an implicit contract between employee and employer; it was seen as a management problem, and framed in economic or quasi-economic terms. More recent scholarship seeks to understand absenteeism as an indicator of psychological, medical, or social adjustment to work.

Definition of absence in the English dictionary

The first definition of absence in the dictionary is the state of being away. Other definition of absence is the time during which a person or thing is away. Absence is also the fact of being without something; lack.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABSENCE


adolescence
ˌædəˈlɛsəns
convalescence
ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsəns
electroluminescence
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
essence
ˈɛsəns
fluorescence
ˌflʊəˈrɛsəns
immunofluorescence
ˌɪmjʊnəʊflʊəˈrɛsəns
innocence
ˈɪnəsəns
licence
ˈlaɪsəns
license
ˈlaɪsəns
luminescence
ˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
magnificence
mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns
no-nonsense
ˌnəʊˈnɒnsəns
nonsense
ˈnɒnsəns
nuisance
ˈnjuːsəns
obsolescence
ˌɒbsəˈlɛsəns
puissance
ˈpjuːɪsəns
quintessence
kwɪnˈtɛsəns
reconnaissance
rɪˈkɒnɪsəns
reminiscence
ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsəns
renaissance
rəˈneɪsəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABSENCE

abseil
abseiling
absence of mind
absent
absent without leave
absent-minded
absent-mindedly
absent-mindedness
absente reo
absentee
absentee ballot
absentee landlord
absentee rate
absentee vote
absentee voter
absentee voting
absenteeism
absenter
absentia
absently

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABSENCE

almond essence
at your convenience
audience
conference
confidence
copresence
difference
in essence
leave of absence
multipresence
of the essence
omnipresence
Pleasence
pluripresence
police presence
presence
real presence
telepresence
unessence
vanilla essence

Synonyms and antonyms of absence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ABSENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «absence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of absence

Translation of «absence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABSENCE

Find out the translation of absence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of absence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «absence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缺席
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ausencia
570 millions of speakers

English

absence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभाव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غِيَاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отсутствие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ausência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুপস্থিতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

absence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketiadaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abwesenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不在
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부재
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora ana
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự vắng mặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இல்லாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुपस्थिती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yokluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieobecność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відсутність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

absență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απουσία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afwesigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frånvaro
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fravær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of absence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABSENCE»

The term «absence» is very widely used and occupies the 6.760 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of absence
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABSENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «absence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «absence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about absence

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10 QUOTES WITH «ABSENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word absence.
1
Greg Anderson
Wellness seeks more than the absence of illness; it searches for new levels of excellence. Beyond any disease-free neutral point, wellness dedicates its efforts to our total well-being - in body, mind, and spirit.
2
Dick Armey
This is a big deal. My wife and I sat in our home and we watched those young men get slaughtered on the streets of Mogadishu in the absence of a plan. It broke our heart.
3
Irving Babbitt
Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.
4
Derek Bailey
In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.
5
Clara Barton
The surest test of discipline is its absence.
6
Joko Beck
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some goal. Enlightenment is dropping all that.
7
Brendan Behan
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
8
David Bowie
Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.
9
Tammy Bruce
The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
10
Bill Bryson
Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking from a long coma. Time, you discover, has wrought changes that leave you feeling mildly foolish and out of touch.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABSENCE»

Discover the use of absence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to absence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies ...
This groundbreaking book explores the promising but controversial “worm therapy”—deliberate infection with parasitic worms—in development to treat autoimmune disease.
Moises Velasquez-Manoff, 2012
2
Absence/Presence: Essays and Reflections on the Artistic ...
"This selection of essays also provides alternative views to more typical readings on the Holocaust, specifically, to the story of the Shoah as a relevant art subject, and to those "who ha[ve] a right to create art about the Holocaust.
Steve Feinstein, 2005
3
The Absence of Myth: Writings on Surrealism
For Bataille, 'the absence of myth' had itself become the myth of the modern age. In a world that had 'lost the secret of its cohesion', Bataille saw surrealism as both a symptom and the beginning of an attempt to address this loss.
Georges Bataille, Michael Richardson, 1994
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A Sunlit Absence: Silence, Awareness, and Contemplation
With clarity and grace Laird shows how we can move away from identifying with our turbulent, ever-changing thoughts and emotions to the cultivation of a "sunlit absence"--the luminous awareness in which God's presence can most profoundly be ...
Martin Laird, 2011
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An Anthropology of Absence: Materializations of ...
Divided into three sections, this volume uses the 'presence' of absence to compare cultural perceptions of: material qualities and created memory, the mind/body connection, temporality, and death.
Mikkel Bille, Frida Hastrup, Tim Flohr Soerensen, 2010
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The Dark Matter of Words: Absence, Unknowing, and Emptiness ...
Timothy Walsh's study of the function and significance of absence in literature demonstrates its centrality in terms of both literary technique and philosophical consequence.
Timothy Walsh, 1998
7
Happy Ending: And, Day of Absence: Two Plays
A long-run Off-Broadway success.
Douglas Turner Ward, 1994
8
Disgaea 3 Absence of Detention - The Official Strategy Guide
Score the official strategy guide and learn how to: Ace the Demon Academy Dominate Every Battle Witness All Endings Learn the Most Delicious Secrets Stomp Everyone Detailed info for everything else including: The Dark World The Hospital ...
DoubleJump
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The Absence of Work: Marcel Broodthaers, 1964-1976
With The Absence of Work, one of the first monographs on Broodthaers in English, Haidu demystifies a crucial and enigmatic figure in postwar and contemporary art.
Rachel Haidu, 2010
10
Absence and Light: Meditations from the Klamath Marshes
" "This is nature writing at its most profound and moving, writing that in examining and defining the world of nature helps us to understand the very complicated and contradictory realities of being human.
John R. Campbell, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABSENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term absence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Muhyiddin to take over should Najib take leave of absence, analysts …
“If Prime Minister Najib is to take a leave of absence, the interim prime minister must be appointed by the Agong from among the MPs who, ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
2
Kittel Absence Will Not Detract from Rivals' Tour De France Sprint …
However, in the minds of some, the absence of key rivals Alberto Contador, Chris Froome (injured earlier in the race) and Nairo Quintana ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
3
Manchester Airshow returns after 21-year absence
A range of modern and older planes took to the sky for the return of Manchester Airshow after a 21-year absence. Spitfires, Hurricanes, Chinook ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
Absence of Russian Delegation at OSCE Meeting Hurts Russia …
Too bad Russia couldn't participate in the OSCE's parliamentary assembly this week, Astrid Thors, the organization's High Commissioner on ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
5
Reality TV star Scott Disick cozies up to another woman in absence
Reality TV star Scott Disick was spotted cozing up with stylist Chloe Bartoli during his vacation to France, sans long time girlfriend Kourtney ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
6
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Cases Leaked, Design Indicates the …
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Cases Leaked, Design Indicates the Absence of a microSD Card Slot and Removable Battery. July 5, 2015 Sina Beigi Leave a ... «Day Herald, Jul 15»
7
Rosemead Councilman Steven Ly taking military leave of absence
ROSEMEAD >> Councilman Steven Ly won't be attending any council meetings for the next six months. He will miss a number of city events ... «The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Ryan Harris absence 'massive blow' to Aussies, say former England …
Former England cricketers said the absence of Ryan Harris was a massive blow to the Australian team after the pacer announced his shock ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
9
Tinubu's Absence: APC Planned To Disgrace Him At NEC Meeting
According to Sunnewsonline, Tinubu's absence was not due to ill-health or permission by the authorities of the party but because he became aware that there ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
10
Cooper absence shows Kerry's power
Coincidental or not, the omission of Colm Cooper from the starting Kerry 15 for today's Munster final has certainly taken the sting out of those ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

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