Collocations with absent

(absent (adjective

VERBS

be –
remain –

PREPOSITION

from –

.He was absent from work for two weeks

ADVERB

completely, entirely, quite, totally, wholly –
almost, virtually –
largely –
temporarily –
conspicuously, markedly, notably, noticeably, strikingly –

Local people were conspicuously absent from the meeting

curiously, strangely –

He now played with a passion that had been strangely absent from his previous performance

PHRASES

( absent without leave (= without permission –

.soldiers who go absent without leave