Hyphenation of absent

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word absent? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ab-sent

Definitions of absent:

1.	Go away or leave He absented himself
2.	Not being in a specified place
3.	Nonexistent The thumb is absent Her appetite was lacking
4.	Lost in thought Showing preoccupation An absent stare An absentminded professor The scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence

Synonyms of absent:

adj	absent, away, gone, departed, introuvable, lacking, missing, nonexistent, wanting, truant, awol, devoid
adj	absentminded, abstracted, scatty, inattentive
verb	remove, disappear, vanish, go away

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.