transcription, транскрипция: [ æbs(ə)nt ]
1.
If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
He has been absent from his desk for two weeks...
Any soldier failing to report would be considered absent without leave and punished accordingly.
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ from n
2.
If someone appears absent , they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else.
‘Nothing,’ Rosie said in an absent way.
ADJ
• ab‧sent‧ly
He nodded absently.
ADV
3.
An absent parent does not live with his or her children.
...absent fathers who fail to pay towards the costs of looking after their children.
ADJ : ADJ n
4.
If you say that absent one thing, another thing will happen, you mean that if the first thing does not happen, the second thing will happen. ( AM FORMAL )
Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.
= without
PREP