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AWOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does AWOL mean? 

AWOL (noun)
  The noun AWOL has 1 sense:

1. one who is away or absent without leaveplay

  Familiarity information: AWOL used as a noun is very rare.


AWOL (adjective)
  The adjective AWOL has 1 sense:

1. absent without permissionplay

  Familiarity information: AWOL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AWOL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One who is away or absent without leave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("AWOL" is a kind of...):

absentee (one that is absent or not in residence)

Derivation:

awol (absent without permission)


AWOL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Absent without permission

Synonyms:

awol; truant

Context example:

the soldier was AWOL for almost a week

Similar:

absent (not being in a specified place)

Derivation:

AWOL (one who is away or absent without leave)


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