Gone vs Absent - What's the difference?
gone | absent |
Away, having left.
(figuratively) No longer part of the present situation.
No longer existing, having passed.
Used up.
Dead.
(colloquial) Intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings
(colloquial) Excellent; wonderful.
(archaic) Ago (used post-positionally).
* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 491:
(British, informal) Past, after, later than (a time).
(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.
* 1623 , (William Shakespeare), All’s Well That Ends Well, II-iii
(not comparable) Not existing; lacking.
(sometimes, comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
* 1746-1747 , Chesterfield, Letters to his Son
(legal) In the absence of; without.
* 1919 , State vs. Britt, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division 2, in The Southwestern Reporter , page 427
* 2011 , David Elstein, letter, London Review of Books , XXXIII.15:
(transitive, now, reflexive) Keep away; stay away; go away.
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* 1701-1703 , , "Remarks on Italy"
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(obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.
(rare) Leave.
As verbs the difference between gone and absent
is that gone is while absent is (transitive|now|reflexive) keep away; stay away; go away .As adjectives the difference between gone and absent
is that gone is away, having left while absent is (not comparable) being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing .As prepositions the difference between gone and absent
is that gone is (british|informal) past, after, later than (a time) while absent is (legal) in the absence of; without .As a noun absent is
(obsolete) absentee; a person who is away on occasion .gone
English
Alternative forms
* ywent (obsolete verb form)Verb
(head)Derived terms
* gonerAdjective
(-)- Are they gone already?
- Don't both trying to understand what Grandma says, she's gone .
- He won't be going out with us tonight. Now that he's engaged, he's gone .
- Have you seen their revenue numbers? They're gone .
- The days of my youth are gone .
- I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment.
- Dude, look at Jack. He's completely gone .
- Six nights gone , your brother fell upon my uncle Stafford, encamped with his host at a village called Oxcross not three days ride from Casterly Rock.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.
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*Anagrams
* English irregular past participles ----absent
English
Alternative forms
*Etymology 1
* From (etyl) absent, (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- Expecting absent friends.
- The part was rudimental or absent .
- What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.
Antonyms
* presentPreposition
(English prepositions)- If the accused refuse upon demand to pay money or deliver property (absent any excuse or excusing circumstance) which came into his hands as a bailee, such refusal might well constitute some evidence of conversion, with the requisite fraudulent intent required by the statute.
- the Princess Caroline case [...] established that – absent a measurable ‘public interest’ in publication – she was safe from being photographed while out shopping.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) absenter, from .Verb
(en verb)- Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more;
- If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined.
- This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.