absence

ab·sence  (bsns)

n.

1. The state of being away.

2. The time during which one is away.

3. Lack; want: an absence of leadership.

4. The state of being absent-minded; inattentiveness: absence of mind.

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absence [ˈæbsəns]

n

1. the state of being away

2. the time during which a person or thing is away

3. the fact of being without something; lack

[via Old French from Latin absentia, from absēns a being away]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	absence - the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation" nonoccurrence - absence by virtue of not occurring awayness - the state of being elsewhere than in particular place deficiency, lack, want - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" presence - the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon"
	2.	absence - failure to be present                 cut - an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" default - loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default" nonattendance - the failure to attend absenteeism - habitual absence from work presence - the act of being present
	3.	absence - the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence" interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants
	4.	absence - the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy absence seizure ictus, raptus, seizure - a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" epilepsia minor, petit mal, petit mal epilepsy - epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities); "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood" complex absence - an absence seizure accompanied by other abnormalities (atonia or automatisms or vasomotor changes) pure absence, simple absence - an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes subclinical absence - a transient impairment of cortical function demonstrable only by 3-per-second brainwave spikes

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absence

noun

1. time off, leave, break, vacation, recess, truancy, absenteeism, nonappearance, nonattendance A bundle of letters had arrived for me in my absence.

2. lack, deficiency, deprivation, omission, scarcity, want, need, shortage, dearth, privation, unavailability, nonexistence In the absence of a will, the courts decide who the guardian is.

Quotations
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder,"
"Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!" [Thomas Haynes Bayly Isle of Beauty]
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great" [Comte de Bussy-Rabutin Histoire amoureuse des Gaules]
"Among the defects of the Bill, which were numerous, one provision was conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence" [Lord John Russell Speech to his constituents, 1859]

Translations

absence [ˈæbsəns] N [of person] → ausencia f; [of thing] → falta f
in the absence of [+ person] → en ausencia de; [+ thing] → a falta de
after an absence of three months → tras una ausencia de tres meses
to be sentenced in one's absence → ser condenado en ausencia
absence of mind → distracción f, despiste m
absence makes the heart grow fonder → la ausencia es al amor lo que el viento al aire, que apaga el pequeño y aviva el grande

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absence [ˈæbs^əns] n [person, object, information] → absence f
in sb's absence → en l'absence de qn
in the absence of sth → faute de qch
absence makes the heart grow fonder → l'absence renforce les liens

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absence

n

→ Abwesenheit f; (esp from school, work etc) → Fehlen nt; in the absence of the chairman → in Abwesenheit des Vorsitzenden; sentenced in one’s absence → in Abwesenheit verurteilt; it’s not fair to criticize him in his absence → es ist nicht fair, ihn in seiner Abwesenheit zu kritisieren; her many absences on business → ihre häufige Abwesenheit aus geschäftlichen Gründen; absence makes the heart grow fonder (Prov) → die Liebe wächst mit der Entfernung (Prov)

(= lack) → Fehlen nt; absence of enthusiasm → Mangel m → an Enthusiasmus; in the absence of further evidence/qualified staff → in Ermangelung weiterer Beweise/von Fachkräften

(= person absent) he counted the absences → er stellte die Zahl der Abwesenden fest; how many absences do we have today? → wie viele fehlen heute or sind heute nicht da or anwesend?

absence of mind → Geistesabwesenheit f

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absence [ˈæbs/əns] n (of person) → assenza; (of thing) → mancanza
in the absence of (person) → in assenza di (thing) → in mancanza di
in my absence → in mia assenza
in the absence of any evidence → non essendoci prove
absence of mind → distrazione f

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