be absent

Frequency: 8.525.1 per million words

Used to state the fact of not being present.

absentVERB + absent

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Examples (10)

  • He was absent from work for two weeks.
  • John is absent today because he is sick.
  • She will be absent from the conference next month.
  • Why was she absent from school yesterday?
  • If you are going to be absent, you must inform your manager.
  • Local people were conspicuously absent from the meeting.
  • Kindness was entirely absent from his tone of voice.
  • He played with a passion that had been strangely absent from his previous performance.
  • You cannot be absent from this important training session.
  • Being absent without a valid reason could lead to disciplinary action.