absence
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being absent
he was surprised by the absence of any explanation
Types & categories
- deficiency hypernym
- nonoccurrence hyponym
- awayness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
failure to be present
Types & categories
- nonattendance hypernym
- cut hyponym
- default hyponym
- absenteeism hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the time interval during which something or somebody is away
he visited during my absence
Types & categories
- interval hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
Types & categories
- seizure hypernym
- complex absence hyponym
- pure absence hyponym
- subclinical absence hyponym
Parts & wholes
- petit mal part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | presence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | absent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | deficiency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonoccurrence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | awayness |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | presence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | absent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | absent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | nonattendance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | default |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | absenteeism |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | interval |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | petit mal |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | seizure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | complex absence |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pure absence |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | subclinical absence |