absences
SayAB-suhns-iz/ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s.ɪz/
- 1Plural of absence.
Repeated absences from work eventually led to a formal warning.
The committee noted the absences of several key members during the vote.
Note
The plural turns an abstract state into countable occasions. In its general senses (being away, a lack, a mind elsewhere) the singular usually takes no plural: one speaks of an absence of interest, not absences of it. Once separate instances are counted, the plural follows naturally: absences from school or work, or the brief lapses of consciousness that occur in epilepsy, each one a distinct episode.
absences is a form of absence
absence, noun: The condition of being away from a place or apart from companionship. Full entry
- Forms
- absenceabsences plural
- Spelling
- absence → absences: add -s
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