absence
🇺🇸
/ˈæbsəns/
🇬🇧
/ˈæbsəns/
noun
C1
not being present or available when expected
The meeting continued in my absence because I was sick.
C1
not existing or not having something
The absence of evidence made the case hard to prove.
translation
not being present or available when expected; not existing or not having something
Word Forms
Plural
absences