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absent-minded [-'maɪndɪd]∎ familiar he's the perfect example of an absent-minded professor c'est un vrai professeur TournesolUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > absent-minded
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adjective (not noticing what is going on around one because one is thinking deeply: an absent-minded professor.) distrait -
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1. adjectivea. ( = away) absentb. ( = inattentive) distrait• to absent o.s. s'absenter3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque absent est un adjectif, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈæbsənt, lorsque c'est un verbe, sur la seconde: æbˈsent.* * *1. ['æbsənt]2) Military3) ( preoccupied) [look] absent2. [əb'sent]reflexive verb sout -
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1. ['æbsənt] adjective(not present: Johnny was absent from school with a cold.) absent2. [əb'sent] verb(to keep (oneself) away: He absented himself from the meeting.) s'absenter- absence- absentee - absenteeism - absent-minded - absentmindedly - absent-mindedness -
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vague [veɪg]• I had a vague idea or feeling she would come j'avais vaguement le sentiment qu'elle viendrait• he was vague about the time he would be arriving at il est resté vague quant à l'heure de son arrivéeb. ( = absent-minded) [person] distrait* * *[veɪg]1) ( imprecise) [person, account, idea, memory, rumour, term] vague2) ( evasive)to be vague about — rester vague sur or évasif/-ive au sujet de [plans, past]
3) ( distracted) [person, expression] distrait; [gesture] vague4) (faint, slight) [sound, smell, taste] vague, imprécis; [fear, embarrassment] vague (before n); [doubt] léger/-ère (before n)5) ( unsure) -
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2 ( negligent) forgetful of the danger, she… oublieuse du danger, elle… ; to be forgetful of one's duties négliger ses responsabilités. -
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forgetful [fə'getfʊl](absent-minded) distrait; (careless) négligent, étourdi;∎ she's so forgetful elle oublie tout, elle est tellement distraite;∎ to be forgetful of sth être oublieux de qch -
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vague [veɪg]∎ she had only a vague idea of what he meant elle ne comprenait que vaguement ce qu'il voulait dire;∎ he made a vague gesture toward the office d'un geste vague il désigna le bureau;∎ don't be so vague précisez ce que vous voulez dire, soyez plus précis;∎ his instructions were vague ses instructions manquaient de précision;∎ they were vague about their activities (imprecise) ils n'ont pas précisé la nature de leurs activités; (evasive) ils sont restés vagues sur la nature de leurs activités;∎ I'm still vague about how to get there (unsure) je ne comprends toujours pas comment y aller;∎ I haven't the vaguest idea je n'en ai pas la moindre idée(b) (dim → memory, feeling) vague, confus;∎ I have a vague recollection of summers spent in Greece je me rappelle vaguement les étés passés en Grèce(c) (indistinct → shape) flou, indistinct(d) (absent-minded) distrait;∎ she looked vague elle avait un air distrait
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absent-minded — absent mindedly, adv. absent mindedness, n. /ab seuhnt muyn did/, adj. so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one s immediate surroundings. Also,… … Universalium
absent-minded — or absentminded [ab′sənt mīn′did, ab′səntmīn΄did] adj. 1. so dreamy or lost in thought as not to pay attention to what one is doing or what is going on around one 2. habitually forgetful absent mindedly adv. absent mindedness n. SYN. ABSENT… … English World dictionary
absent-minded — adj likely to forget things, especially because you are thinking about something else = ↑forgetful ▪ Grandad s been getting rather absent minded lately. >absent mindedly adv >absent mindedness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
absent-minded — adjective likely to forget things or to think about something different from what you should be thinking about: FORGETFUL: I m getting more absent minded as I get older. ╾ ,absent mindedly adverb ╾ ,absent mindedness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
absent-minded — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ inattentive or forgetful. DERIVATIVES absent mindedly adverb absent mindedness noun … English terms dictionary
Absent-minded — Ab sent mind ed, a. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. {Ab sent mind ed*ness}, n. {Ab sent mind ed*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
absent-minded — [adj] unaware of events, surroundings absent, absorbed, abstracted, airheaded*, bemused, daydreaming, distracted, distrait, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, forgetful, goofing off*, heedless, inattentive, inconscient, lost, mooning*, moony* … New thesaurus
absent-minded — index perfunctory, thoughtless Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
absent-minded — adj. habitually forgetful or inattentive; with one s mind on other things. Derivatives: absent mindedly adv. absent mindedness n. * * * absent mindedly, adv. absent mindedness, n. /ab seuhnt muyn did/, adj. so lost in thought that one does not… … Useful english dictionary
absent-minded — also absentminded ADJ GRADED Someone who is absent minded forgets things or does not pay attention to what they are doing, often because they are thinking about something else. In his later life he became even more absent minded. Syn: forgetful… … English dictionary
absent-minded — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. abstracted, preoccupied, lost in thought, forgetful, distracted, dreamy, inattentive, lost, unmindful, absent, unheeding, heedless, oblivious, distrait, daydreaming, napping, unconscious, unaware, inadvertent, withdrawn … English dictionary for students