You have to account for your absence.
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Absence
//ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s//
Synonyms for "absence" (87 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
Related word relations
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9 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
12 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
201 translations across 64 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- afwesigheid noun (state of being away)
- gebrek noun (state of being away)
Albanian
1 entries- mungesë noun (state of being away)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπουσία noun (state of being away)
Arabic
2 entries- غياب noun (state of being away)
- غِيَاب noun (state of being away)
Armenian
1 entries- բացակայություն noun (state of being away)
Asturian
1 entries- ausencia noun (state of being away)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yoxluq noun (state of being away)
Belarusian
1 entries- адсу́тнасць noun (state of being away)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ли́пса noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- отсъ́ствие noun (state of being away)
- отсъ́ствие noun (inattention to things present)
Catalan
3 entries- absència noun (state of being away)
- absència noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- absència noun (inattention to things present)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不在 noun (state of being away)
- 缺席 noun (state of being away)
Cornish
1 entries- estrik noun (state of being away)
Czech
4 entries- absence noun (state of being away)
- absence noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- nepřítomnost noun (state of being away)
- nepřítomnost noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Danish
4 entries- fravær noun (state of being away)
- fravær noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
- fravær noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- mangel noun (state of being away)
Dutch
4 entries- afwezigheid noun (state of being away)
- afwezigheid noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- gemis noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- ontbreken noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Esperanto
1 entries- foresto noun (state of being away)
Estonian
1 entries- puudumine noun (state of being away)
Finnish
4 entries- ero noun (state of being away)
- hajamielisyys noun (inattention to things present)
- poissaolo noun (state of being away)
- poissaolo noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
French
4 entries- absence noun (state of being away)
- absence noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- absence noun (inattention to things present)
- absence noun (fencing: lack of contact between blades)
Galician
1 entries- ausencia noun (state of being away)
Georgian
4 entries- არარსებობა noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- არდასწრება noun (state of being away)
- გამოუცხადებლობა noun (state of being away)
- ნაკლებობა noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
German
4 entries- Absence noun (medical: temporary loss or disruption of consciousness)
- Absenz noun (state of being away)
- Abwesenheit noun (state of being away)
- Abwesenheit noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Greek
1 entries- απουσία noun (state of being away)
Gujarati
2 entries- ગેરહાજરી noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
- ગેરહાજરી noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Hebrew
1 entries- הֵעָדֵר noun (state of being away)
Hindi
1 entries- अनुपस्थिति noun (state of being away)
Hungarian
4 entries- elkalandozás noun (inattention to things present)
- hiány noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- hiányzás noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
- mulasztás noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
Icelandic
1 entries- fjarvera noun (state of being away)
Ido
2 entries- absenteso noun (state of being away)
- absenteso noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Indonesian
1 entries- ketidakhadiran noun (state of being away)
Interlingua
1 entries- absentia noun (state of being away)
Irish
4 entries- asláithreacht noun (state of being away)
- ceal noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- neamhláithreacht noun (state of being away)
- neamhláithreacht noun (medical: temporary loss or disruption of consciousness)
Italian
4 entries- assenza noun (state of being away)
- assenza noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- assenza noun (medical: temporary loss or disruption of consciousness)
- difetto noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Japanese
4 entries- 不保持 noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- 不在 noun (state of being away)
- 欠席 noun (state of being away)
- 欠落 noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Kazakh
2 entries- болмау noun (state of being away)
- жоқ болу noun (state of being away)
Korean
2 entries- 결석 noun (state of being away)
- 부재 noun (state of being away)
Latin
2 entries- absentia noun (state of being away)
- absentia noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Latvian
1 entries- prombūtne noun (state of being away)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nebuvimas noun (state of being away)
Macedonian
1 entries- отсуство noun (state of being away)
Malayalam
2 entries- അഭാവം noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- അസാന്നിധ്യം noun (state of being away)
Marathi
4 entries- अनुपस्थिती noun (state of being away)
- अभाव noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- गैरहजेरी noun (state of being away)
- गैरहजेरी noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
Middle English
2 entries- absence noun (state of being away)
- absence noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
Māori
3 entries- hōneatanga noun (state of being away)
- kore noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- korenga noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- fravær noun (state of being away)
- fravær noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- mangel noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- åndsfravær noun (inattention to things present)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- fråvær noun (state of being away)
- fråvær noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- fråvære noun (state of being away)
- fråvære noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Old English
2 entries- wana noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- æfweardnes noun (state of being away)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- نقصان noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Persian
2 entries- غیاب noun (state of being away)
- غیبت noun (state of being away)
Polish
4 entries- absencja noun (state of being away)
- absencja noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
- absencja noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- brak noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Portuguese
4 entries- ausência noun (state of being away)
- ausência noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- ausência noun (fencing: lack of contact between blades)
- ausência de ferro noun (fencing: lack of contact between blades)
Romanian
3 entries- absență noun (state of being away)
- absență noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- neatenție noun (inattention to things present)
Russian
4 entries- недоста́ток noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- нехва́тка noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- отлу́чка noun (state of being away)
- отсу́тствие noun (state of being away)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- dearmad-inntinne noun (inattention to things present)
- easbhaidh noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- neo-làthaireachd noun (state of being away)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mánjak noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- odsútnōst noun (state of being away)
- òdsustvo noun (state of being away)
- òdsustvo noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Slovak
1 entries- neprítomnosť noun (state of being away)
Slovene
3 entries- odsotnost noun (state of being away)
- odsotnost noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- odsotnost noun (inattention to things present)
Spanish
4 entries- absencia (disused) noun (state of being away)
- absencia (disused) noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
- absencia (disused) noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- absencia (disused) noun (inattention to things present)
Swedish
4 entries- avsaknad noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
- bortavaro noun (state of being away)
- bortovaro noun (state of being away)
- brist noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Turkish
3 entries- gıyap noun (state of being away)
- yokluk noun (state of being away)
- yokluk noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Ukrainian
1 entries- відсу́тність noun (state of being away)
Urdu
4 entries- غائب noun (state of being away)
- غیر حاضری noun (state of being away)
- غیر حاضری noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
- غیر موجودگی noun (state of being away)
Uzbek
1 entries- yoʻqlik noun (state of being away)
Welsh
3 entries- absenoldeb noun (state of being away)
- absenoldeb noun (failure to be present where one is expected)
- diffyg noun (lack; deficiency; non-existence)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
How do you account for your absence?
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Meg called you during your absence.
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I was disappointed at your absence.
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