absent

«absent» in Mova's school dictionary: not here, not in the place where someone is expected to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (absent — not present); verb (absent yourself — formal); preposition (absent — formal, meaning without)

meaning for a pupil

1) Absent means not here, not in the place where someone is expected to be, such as school or work. tree →

2) Absent means missing or not there at all, as in «Snow was absent this winter». tree →

3) Absent-minded means forgetful, thinking about something else. tree →

sense in the lessons

At school a pupil who is not in class is marked «absent» on the register; one who is there is «present». In science it means something is not found: «Leaves are absent in winter». In everyday life an «absent-minded» person forgets things; an absent parent does not live with the child. Phrases: «absent from school», «be absent».

examples

• Tom was absent from school because he had a cold. tree →
• Who is absent today? tree →
• The teacher marked three children absent. tree →
• Colour was absent from the old black-and-white photos. tree →
• Grandpa is a bit absent-minded and often loses his glasses. tree →
• If you are absent, bring a note from home. tree →
• Fish are absent from this salty lake. tree →
• While he was absent the boy woke up and dressed himself. tree →

note

Opposite: present. Noun: absence («a long absence»). Adverb: absently. Usually followed by «from»: absent from class. In maths problems «3 children were absent» means take those 3 away from the whole class to find how many were there.

In the corpora

• and Mizpah, for he said: 'The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «absent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.