отсу́тствовать — meaning in English

English meaning

• absent adj Not present in a place where one is expected to be.
• lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.

Senses

отсу́тствовать is used for these senses in English:

• absent (not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
• lack (transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.

absent — full definition

1. adj Not present in a place where one is expected to be.
2. adj Distracted or lost in thought; not paying attention to what is happening.
3. verb To deliberately keep oneself away from somewhere.

lack — full definition

1. noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
2. verb To not have, or not have enough of, something.

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