how to pronounce absence

/ˈæb.səns/

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absence is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of absence in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… a lot where you are the absence of a b …”

meaning of absence

Absence means the state of being away from a place or person.

absence frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word absence occurs in english on average 57.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics absence can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that absence can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;