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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.
voting
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noun
(= vote)
a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion
they allowed just one vote per person