Dutch-English translations for afwezig

absent
us
Europe is not absent from that region. Europa is niet afwezig in de regio. As a fellow Member said recently, Europe was absent. Zoals een collega onlangs zei, was Europa afwezig. Again this depends on the absent presidency. Dit hangt opnieuw van het afwezige voorzitterschap af.
absent-mindedIt took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.

abstractHe was wholly abstracted by other objects.He abstracted out the square root function.
abstractedan abstracted scholar
away
uk
us
It was quite a poignant fact that I was away on that particular Friday. Het is wel intrigerend dat ik net op die vrijdag afwezig was. We did not meet the Prime Ministers of Malaysia or Singapore as they were both away but we met the Foreign Ministers and we were very well received. Wij hebben de premiers van Maleisië en Singapore niet ontmoet omdat zij afwezig waren, maar zijn door de ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken zeer goed ontvangen. He went away on vacation
lost
uk
us
The children were soon lost in the forest.Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd
preoccupied
us
I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.