How to Pronounce "Absent"

adjective
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
absent from class.

lacking; nonexistent:
Revenge is absent from his mind.

not attentive; preoccupied; absent-minded:
an absent look on his face.

verb (used with object)
to take or keep (oneself) away:
to absent oneself from a meeting.

preposition
in the absence of; without:
Absent some catastrophe, stock-market prices should soon improve.