How do you use the word "absence" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "absence": You have to account for your absence. How do you account for your absence?

Absence Meaning

/ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

nounThe period of someone being away.

Sentence Examples

You have to account for your absence.

How do you account for your absence?

His prolonged absence from the meeting worried his colleagues.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

None

Antonyms:

presence

CEFR Practice Quiz

Her frequent ____ from work led to a formal warning.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

His long ____ from school was due to a serious illness.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin absentiader. Old French absencebor. Middle English absence English absence From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, ausence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“to be away or absent”), from ab (“from, away from”) + sum (“to be”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Philippians 2:12:

"Harry Kane was an absence in that first half. He touched the ball 11 times despite Spurs taking 62% of possession." — 2018 September 15, Barney Ronay, “Finely tuned Liverpool are really getting into Jürgen Klopp’s groove”, in The Guardian:

"Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users." — 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:

"in the absence of higher and more authoritative sanctions the ordinances of foreign states, the opinions of eminent statesmen, and the writings of distinguished jurists, are regarded as of great consideration on questions not settled by conventional law" — 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law:

"The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep." — 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 150:

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