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How to pronounce “absentee”
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Pronunciation guide for absentee
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of absentee with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Joel Leon: The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting
for starters, "absentee father,"
- Definition summary
- A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce absentee
Joel Leon: The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting

for starters, "absentee father,"
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “absentee”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- Something that is not present where it might be expected.
- (attributive) Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent.
- (chiefly British, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
- A voter who is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]
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