🇬🇧 Absent meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

If something is absent, it means it is not there at all. It’s missing, gone, or doesn’t exist in that place or time. For example, if there is an empty chair in class, the student who usually sits there is absent. If your homework page is totally blank, the answers are absent. The opposite of absent is present, which means it is there.

At the dentist, my bravery was absent, but my ability to drool on everything was extremely present.

In the morning my patience is absent until I eat breakfast and become a regular human again.

The teacher asked for my homework, but it was completely absent, just like my memory of doing it.

The monster under my bed was absent last night, so I actually missed him a little.

In outer space, gravity is almost absent, which means astronauts can float around like clumsy superheroes chasing floating things.

At the small table, the absent chair faced an empty plate. Her brother was absent; the absent jacket still hung on the hook. A note said he was absent from school, absent from dinner and absent from the game. She pushed his bread to the side, sighed, and smiled at the quiet window, deciding to wait.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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