absence

Roget-categorie 187

2. Words relating to space
› 2.1. Space in general
›› 2.1.3. Existence in space

#187. [Nullibiety.1] Absence

zelfstandig naamwoord

absence — inexistence etc. 2^† — nonresidence, absenteeism — nonattendance, alibi.
emptiness etc. adj. — void, vacuum — vacuity, vacancy — tabula rasa [Lat.] — exemption — hiatus etc. (interval) 198 — lipotype^†.
truant, absentee.
nobody — nobody present, nobody on earth — not a soul — ame qui vive [Fr.].

werkwoord

be absent etc. adj. — keep away, keep out of the way — play truant, absent oneself, stay away — keep aloof, hold aloof.
withdraw, make oneself scarce, vacate — go away etc. 293.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home — missing — lost — wanting — omitted — nowhere to be found — inexistence etc. 2^†.
empty, void — vacant, vacuous — untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited — tenantless — barren, sterile — desert, deserted — devoid — uninhabitable.

bijwoord

without, minus, nowhere — elsewhere — neither here nor there — in default of — sans — behind one's back.

uitdrukking

the bird has flown, non est inventus [Lat.].
absence makes the heart grow fonder" [Bayley]; absent in body but present in spirit" [1 Corinthians verse 3]; absento nemo ne nocuisse velit [Lat.] [Propertius]; Achilles absent was Achilles still" [Homer]; aux absents les os — briller par son absence [Fr.] — conspicuous by his absence" [Russell]; in the hope to meet shortly again and make our in the hope to meet shortly again and make our absence sweet" [B. Jonson].

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