absence

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 2 Czech 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 4 Middle English 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Related terms 4.3 References

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘of, by, from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæbsəns/, SAMPA: /"{bs@ns/
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[edit] Noun

absence (plural absences)

1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

   Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. - Phillippians 2:12

2. Want; lack; destitution; withdrawal.

   In the absence of conventional law. - Kent

3. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.

   Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind. - Joseph Addison

   To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. - Landor

[edit] Antonyms

• presence

[edit] Derived terms

• absence makes the heart grow fonder

[edit] Related terms

• absent
• absentee
• absenteeism

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Etymology

From French absence from Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘of, by, from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”)

[edit] Noun

absence f.

1. absence

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘of, by, from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”).

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• IPA: /ap.sɑ̃s/, SAMPA: /ap.sA~s/

[edit] Noun

absence f. (plural absences)

1. absence (state of being absent or withdrawn).

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[edit] Middle English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French absent, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘of, by, from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”).

[edit] Noun

absence (plural absences)

1. absent

[edit] Related terms

• absent

[edit] References

• Stratmann, Francis Henry; Henry Bradley [First published 1891] (1954). A Dictionary of Middle English. London: Oxford University Press.