Plural of absentee
regular plural
The plural of absentee is absentees.
Forms of absentee
| Singular | absentee /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | absentees |
| Countable | countable |
Absentees in a sentence
- At roll-call there were three absentees.
- In recent primaries, for example, nearly 4% of absentees were rejected in Philadelphia; 8% in Kentucky; and 20% in parts of New York City.2020 September 14, Richard H. Pildes, “The three words that can avert an election nightmare”, in CNN
- There were twenty absentees all in all.From the entry all in all
Meaning of absentee
- noun A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
- noun Designating a person absent in a particular capacity, sometimes implying that they are difficult to contact, unresponsive, avoiding their responsibilities, etc.
- noun A person who is absent from their residence and usual environment, and has not been seen or heard from for some period of time, so that it is unknown whether they are still alive, for the purpose of civil law dealing with the management of property etc. in such cases.
Questions about the plural of absentee
- What is the plural of absentee?
- The plural of absentee is absentees.
- Is absentee countable?
- Absentee is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: absentee (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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