<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (present): absent from class.</li><li>lacking; nonexistent: Revenge is absent from his mind.</li><li>not attentive; preoccupied; absent-minded: an absent look on his face.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to take or keep (oneself) away: to absent oneself from a meeting.</li></ul><p><strong>Preposition</strong></p><ul><li>in the absence of; without: Absent some catastrophe, stock-market prices should soon improve.</li></ul>