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   Ab·sent

   adjective

   • 1. not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something: "most students were absent from school at least once" Similar awayoffoutnot presentnonattendingtruantnot workingnot at workoff dutyon leaveon annual leavegonemissinglackingunavailablenonexistentin absentiainformal:AWOLon holidayinformal:bunking offskivingwaggingOpposite present
   • 2. (of an expression or manner) showing that someone is not paying attention to what is being said or done: "she looked up with an absent smile" Similar distractedpreoccupiedinattentivevagueabsorbedabstractedunheedingobliviousdistraitabsentmindeddaydreamingdreamydreamingfar awaysomewhere elsemusingwoolgatheringwith one's head in the cloudsin a world of one's ownlost in thoughtin a brown studyblankemptyvacantvacuousinformal:miles awaynot with usOpposite attentivealert

   verb

   • 1. go away or remain away: "halfway through the meal, he absented himself from the table"

   preposition

   • 1. without: formal North American "employees could not be fired absent other evidence"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin absens, absent- ‘being absent’, present participle of abesse, from ab- ‘from, away’ + esse ‘to be’.

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   What does absent mean in school?

   • What does chronically absent mean? Chronically absent means a child enrolled in a school under the jurisdiction of a local or regional board of education whose total number of absences, at any time during a school year, is equal to or greater than 10 percent of the total numbers of days a student is enrolled during such school year.

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   What does being absent mean?

   • For older students, being chronically absent is strongly associated with failing at school―even more than low grades or test scores. When absences add up, these students are more likely to be suspended and drop out of high school. Chronic absenteeism is also linked with teen substance use, as well as poor health as adults.

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   What does the word absent mean?

   • absent du bureau. out of office. il est absent. is absent. être absent verb. to be missing, absent, cut school, play truant.

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   How to use "absent" in a sentence?

   • absent (adj): not present; away; not being in a specified placeUse 'absent' in a sentence He was absent because of illness. She has been absent since last Wednesday. Why were you absent yesterday? He is often absent from school. How long has she been absent from school?Back to “3000 Most Common Words in English”

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   Absent definition: not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present). See examples of ABSENT used in a sentence.

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   Absent means not there. If you absent yourself from class, you're marked as absent. If you have an absent parent, it means they don't live with you or take part in your care.

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