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We have seen voters denied their rights in recent elections as they have been incorrectly purged from lists, their absentee votes not counted, and voting machine integrity and security not assured.
Marcy Kaptur

Meaning of "absentee" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ABSENTEE

absentee  [ˌæbsənˈtiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABSENTEE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Absentee 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 ABSENTEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Absentee

Absentee may refer to one of the following: ▪ Absentee is a band in the UK. ▪ The Absentee is a novel by Maria Edgeworth, published in 1812 in Tales of Fashionable Life. ▪ The Absentee, a 1951 Mexican film. ▪ Absentee, is an album from Cleveland based metalcore band Pitch Black Forecast...

Definition of absentee in the English dictionary

The definition of absentee in the dictionary is a person who is absent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABSENTEE


amputee
ˌæmpjʊˈtiː
appointee
əpɔɪnˈtiː
BLT
ˌbiːɛlˈtiː
covenantee
ˌkʌvənənˈtiː
CTT
ˌsiːtiːˈtiː
DT
ˌdiːˈtiː
EET
ˌiːiːˈtiː
grantee
ɡrɑːnˈtiː
guarantee
ˌɡærənˈtiː
LGBT
ˈɛlˈdʒiːˈbiːˈtiː
LMT
ˌɛlɛmˈtiː
LSAT
ˌeleseɪˈtiː
manatee
ˈmænəˌtiː, ˌmænəˈtiː
mentee
mɛnˈtiː
moti
məʊˈtiː
patentee
ˌpeɪtənˈtiː
presentee
ˌprɛzənˈtiː
representee
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈtiː
Santee
sænˈtiː
warrantee
ˌwɒrənˈtiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABSENTEE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABSENTEE

affrontee
arrestee
committee
disciplinary committee
draftee
executive committee
Internal Security Committee
joint and several guarantee
loan guarantee
management committee
planning committee
select committee
senate committee
settee
standing committee
steering committee
subcommittee
tee
trustee
works committee

Synonyms and antonyms of absentee in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ABSENTEE»

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

Translation of «absentee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABSENTEE

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

Translator English - Chinese

缺席者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ausente
570 millions of speakers

English

absentee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुपस्थित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغائب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заочное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ausente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুপস্থিত ব্যক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

absent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak hadir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abwesende
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

欠席者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

결석자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Absen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

địa chủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வராதவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुपस्थित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gelmeyen kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieobecnym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заочне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

absent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afwesige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frånvarande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fraværende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of absentee

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABSENTEE»

The term «absentee» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.358 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABSENTEE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «absentee» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «absentee» 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 absentee

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4 QUOTES WITH «ABSENTEE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word absentee.
1
Edward McKendree Bounds
It must never be forgotten that Almighty God rules this world. He is not an absentee God.
2
Sofia Coppola
We were always around my dad, so he wasn't absentee at all. I don't think it was normal, but it was exciting. You always had lots of creative people around, and my parents took us everywhere.
3
Marcy Kaptur
We have seen voters denied their rights in recent elections as they have been incorrectly purged from lists, their absentee votes not counted, and voting machine integrity and security not assured.
4
George Steinbrenner
We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABSENTEE»

Discover the use of absentee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to absentee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Absentee Ownership: Business Enterprise in Recent Times : ...
Part I of the book is occupied with a summary description of that range of economic circumstances and that sequence of economic growth and change that led up through the nineteenth century and have come to a head in the twentieth century.
Thorstein Veblen, 1945
2
The Absentee American: Repatriates' Perspectives on America ...
This unique volume describes the long-term impact of overseas living on Americans who spent some of their formative years in countries other than the United States.
Carolyn D. Smith, 1991
3
Absentee and Early Voting: Trends, Promises, and Perils
Americans once gathered on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November to pick the nation's leaders.
John C. Fortier, 2006
4
The Absentee
Just before coming of age, Lord Colambre, the sensitive hero of the novel, finds that his mother Lady Clonbrony's attempts to buy her way into the high society of London are only ridiculed, while his father, Lord Clonbrony, is in serious ...
Maria Edgeworth, 2013
5
Absentee Mothers
Discusses the problems of women who are forced to give up custody of their children out of necessity because of legal pressures
Patricia Paskowicz, 1984
6
Absentee Entrepreneurship and the Dynamics of the Motor ...
This comprehensive volume is a detailed examination of the dynamics of this industry against the background of development and underdevelopment in Argentina, changes in world industry, and the changing relation of Argentina to the world ...
Maria B. Nofal, 1989
7
"The Absentee": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria ...
In the following section the novel is summarized briefly. After that, the classification of the novel, gives the reasons, why it is considered a regional novel.
Yvonne Müller, 2008
8
Elections: DoD Can Strengthen Evaluation of Its Absentee ...
The Sec. of Defense has the primary responsibility for federal UOCAVA functions, and the Dept. of Defense's (DoD) Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) facilitates absentee voters' participation in federal elections.
Jack Edwards, 2010
9
Absentee computations in a multiple-access computer system
A mechanism is presented which provides for the handling of absentee computations in a multiple-access computer system. The design is intended to be implementation-independent.
Harvey M. Deitel, Project MAC (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 1968
10
Absentee Indians and other poems
These are poems of exile, loss, and the celebration of that which remains. Anchored in the physical landscape, Blaeser's poetry finds the sacred in those ordinary actions that bind a community together.
Kimberly M. Blaeser, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABSENTEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term absentee is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Absentee Shaker Square landlord hit with huge fine but neighbors …
This is one of two troubled apartment buildings near Shaker Square that could get new life if the owner, Shakertown Apartments Ltd., follows ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
2
It's time to make no-reason absentee voting available to all …
Current law restricts absentee ballots to Michigan voters who provide one of a limited number of accepted reasons, but not everyone has a ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
3
Errant founders, absentee investors
The impasse between Rahul Yadav, the enfant terrible of Indian start-ups, and investors in property search portal Housing ended this week in a ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
4
Rise in TNEA Absentee Numbers
This is an increase of a little over seven per cent from last year, when the absentee percentage was 30.43 per cent. Of the total students called, ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
5
Area county clerks showcase support for Absentee Ballot legislation
SAGINAW — The Saginaw County Courthouse played host to a joint press conference where local county clerks discussed their support for ... «Burtonview, Jul 15»
6
Absentee recycle bins at Huntsville events...
Home · Sports. Absentee recycle bins at Huntsville events... |. Bookmark and Share. 9 hours ago | Vote 0 0. Absentee recycle bins at Huntsville events ... «www.muskokaregion.com/, Jul 15»
7
FIFA's Blatter A Noteworthy Absentee
Montreal — FIFA president Sepp Blatter will skip the Women's World Cup final in Canada, avoiding a visit to North America at a time when ... «Valley News, Jun 15»
8
House District 80 Race: Candidate Contact Information, Early Voting …
... information on how to contact each candidate, early voting locations and times as well as instructions and a link to cast an absentee ballot. «The Brookhaven Post, Jun 15»
9
Absentee ballots now available to Garden City voters
Absentee ballots can be requested by filing an application to the city clerk's office, 6000 Middlebelt. Requests must be received no later than 2 ... «Hometownlife.com, Jun 15»
10
Absentee voting for August party primaries starts Monday
4 may cast an absentee ballot in Circuit Clerk Phyllis Stanford's office during regular business hours. They may also request mail-in ballots but ... «New Albany Gazette, Jun 15»

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