adj.
VERBS
▪ be
▪ remain
ADVERB
▪ completely , entirely , quite , totally , wholly
▪ almost , virtually
▪ largely
▪ temporarily
▪ conspicuously , markedly , notably , noticeably , strikingly
▪
Local people were conspicuously ~ from the meeting.
▪ curiously , strangely
▪
He now played with a passion that had been strangely ~ from his previous performance.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
He was ~ from work for two weeks.
PHRASES
▪ ~ without leave (= without permission)
▪
soldiers who go ~ without leave
Absent is used with these nouns: ↑ father , ↑ husband , ↑ parent