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sənt; adjective
1.
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present ): absent from class.
2.
lacking; nonexistent: Revenge is absent from his mind.
3.
not attentive; preoccupied; absent-minded: an absent look on his face.
verb (used with object)
4.
to take or keep (oneself) away: to absent oneself from a meeting.
preposition
5.
in the absence of; without: Absent some catastrophe, stock-market prices should soon improve.
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is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| absent | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | away or not present |
| 2. | lacking; missing |
| 3. | inattentive; absent-minded |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to remove (oneself) or keep away |
| [C14: from Latin absent-, stem of absēns, present participle of abesse to be away] | |
| ab'senter | |
| —n | |
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