absence | | |
n. (state) | 1. absence | the state of being absent.; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation" |
| ~ nonoccurrence | absence by virtue of not occurring. |
| ~ awayness | the state of being elsewhere than in particular place. |
| ~ deficiency, lack, want | the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" |
n. (act) | 2. absence | failure to be present. |
| ~ cut | an unexcused absence from class.; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" |
| ~ default | loss due to not showing up.; "he lost the game by default" |
| ~ nonattendance | the failure to attend. |
| ~ absenteeism | habitual absence from work. |
n. (time) | 3. absence | the time interval during which something or somebody is away.; "he visited during my absence" |
| ~ interval, time interval | a definite length of time marked off by two instants. |
n. (state) | 4. absence, absence seizure | 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. |
| ~ ictus, raptus, seizure | a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease.; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" |
| ~ epilepsia minor, petit mal, petit mal epilepsy | epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities).; "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood" |
| ~ complex absence | an absence seizure accompanied by other abnormalities (atonia or automatisms or vasomotor changes). |
| ~ pure absence, simple absence | an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes. |
| ~ subclinical absence | a transient impairment of cortical function demonstrable only by 3-per-second brainwave spikes. |
non | | |
adv. | 1. non, not | negation of a word or group of words.; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" |
none | | |
n. (time) | 1. none | a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise. |
| ~ time of day, hour | clock time.; "the hour is getting late" |
n. (act) | 2. none | a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier. |
| ~ divine service, religious service, service | the act of public worship following prescribed rules.; "the Sunday service" |
adj. | 3. none | not any.; "thou shalt have none other gods before me" |
| ~ no | quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of.; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time" |
adv. | 4. none | not at all or in no way.; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear" |
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