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| absent |
When you are absent, you are away. You are not in the usual place. |
| absentee |
a person who is absent from work, school, or other duty. |
| cut |
to be absent from on purpose. [1/12 definitions] |
| missing |
not where it should be; absent. [1/2 definitions] |
| presence |
At the beginning of school each day, teachers check the presence of students in their classroom. That means the teachers check whether each student is there or not. If a student is there, it means the student is present. If the student is not there, then the student is absent. Teachers always hope for the presence of each student. [1/2 definitions] |
| present1 |
When you are present, it means that you are in a certain place. You are not absent. If you are sick at home on a school day, then you are not present in your class at school. [1/4 definitions] |
| sickness |
When there is a lot of sickness, it means that there are a lot of people who are not feeling well. In school, for example, many kids are absent. Maybe they have a bad cold, the flu, or something else wrong with their body that makes them have to stay home and in bed. [1/2 definitions] |
| truant |
a person who is absent from school without permission. [2 definitions] |
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