Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to absent
Participle: absented
Gerund: absenting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | absent |
| you | absent |
| he;she;it | absents |
| we | absent |
| you | absent |
| they | absent |
Perfect
| I | have absented |
| you | have absented |
| he;she;it | has absented |
| we | have absented |
| you | have absented |
| they | have absented |
Past
| I | absented |
| you | absented |
| he;she;it | absented |
| we | absented |
| you | absented |
| they | absented |
Pluperfect
| I | had absented |
| you | had absented |
| he;she;it | had absented |
| we | had absented |
| you | had absented |
| they | had absented |
Future
| I | will absent |
| you | will absent |
| he;she;it | will absent |
| we | will absent |
| you | will absent |
| they | will absent |
Future Perfect
| I | will have absented |
| you | will have absented |
| he;she;it | will have absented |
| we | will have absented |
| you | will have absented |
| they | will have absented |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | absent |
| you | absent |
| he;she;it | absent |
| we | absent |
| you | absent |
| they | absent |
Perfect
| I | have absented |
| you | have absented |
| he;she;it | have absented |
| we | have absented |
| you | have absented |
| they | have absented |
Imperfect
| I | absented |
| you | absented |
| he;she;it | absented |
| we | absented |
| you | absented |
| they | absented |
Pluperfect
| I | had absented |
| you | had absented |
| he;she;it | had absented |
| we | had absented |
| you | had absented |
| they | had absented |
Conditional
Present
| I | would absent |
| you | would absent |
| he;she;it | would absent |
| we | would absent |
| you | would absent |
| they | would absent |
Perfect
| I | would have absented |
| you | would have absented |
| he;she;it | would have absented |
| we | would have absented |
| you | would have absented |
| they | would have absented |
Imperative
| you | absent |
| we | Let's absent |
| you | absent |
Verbs conjugated like 'absent'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'absent'
assent,
abend,
abet,
abject,
abseil,
absist,
accent,
assert,
resent,
aband,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English absenten, from Old French absenter, from Late Latin absentāre (“keep away, be away”).
Sample Sentences
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Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace.
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Absent thee from felicity awhile, and in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, to tell my story. [ca. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark:]
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If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined. [1701-1703, Addison, Remarks on Italy:]
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This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half. [1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:]
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Some people expect that the news should be written "professionally," that it should conform to certain "journalistic standards," and that it should not "editorialize." And this is tantamount to saying it should be written objectively, that we should absent ourselves when writing copy. [1986 December 7, Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves, “Just the Facts, Miss Thing”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 1:]
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Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more; [1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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The iron rule of the plantation, always passionately and violently enforced in that neighborhood, makes flogging the penalty of failing to be in the field before sunrise in the morning, unless special permission be given to the absenting slave. [1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:]
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When we realize that the digitalisation of the image involves - by reducing and even absenting - the role of 'the physical', the 'sensuous' (by reducing and eventually absenting the indexical aspects of the image) […] [2004, Paul Willemen, “Reflections on Eisenstein and Digital Imagery: Of Mice and Men”, in The Montage Principle, page 188:]
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Such sequences draw attention to the affective appeals that environmental documentary typically makes, precisely by absenting those appeals. [2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 61:]