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absent
Adjective
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If something is absent, it means to be not in a place or missing.
John is absent from school today.
absent
Verb
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When you absent yourself from something, you do not turn up for it and not appear.
John absented himself from the meeting as he had something on.
absent
Preposition
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Absent means without or barring.
Absent any problems, we should be finished in two hours.
oneself
pronoun
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A person's self: general form of himself, herself or yourself.
from
Preposition
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When something is from someone, the person gave or sent it.
I got a gift from my grandmother today.
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When someone is from a place, that's where they started.
I am Chinese. I come from Hunan province.
Sorry I'm late. I just came from school.
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You use from to talk about distances between thing in space or time.
Saturn is far from earth.
School is 5km from my home.
The year 2515 is a long time from now.