Absent | Mean of absent in English Dictionary

/ˈæbsənt/

• not present at a usual or expected place
1. They were talking about absent friends. [=friends who were not there]
2. an absent father who is not home most of the time
3. The soldier was absent without leave. [=AWOL; absent without having permission to be absent]
4. Most of the executives attended the meeting, but the company president was conspicuously absent. [=conspicuous by his absence; it was very noticeable that the company president was not there]
5. She was absent from work/school on three occasions.
• not present at all
1. a gene that occurs in mammals but that is absent in birds
2. a landscape in which vegetation is almost entirely absent
3. Vegetation is almost entirely absent from the landscape.
• showing that a person is thinking about something else
1. He made an absent reply to her question as he continued to watch the TV.
2. There was an absent [=distracted] look on her face.
• Verb

• to go or stay away from something
1. He absented himself from the meeting.
• in the absence of (something)
1. Absent any objections, the plan will proceed.
2. Absent such an agreement we can go no further.