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absentee

The correct spelling is absentee.

How to pronounce absentee

/ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/
noun

IPA: /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/

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The correct spelling is absentee. A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
  2. 2.A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
  3. 3.One that is nonexistent or lacking.
  4. 4.A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.

adjective

  1. 1.Pertaining to one that is absent.

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