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While my mother tried to stem my truancy, it would be a complete stranger - an Army Officer in the Special Forces home on leave - who would be the mentor to drive home my mother's goal of getting me educated. His name was Saul Hassan.
Richard Carmona

Meaning of "truancy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TRUANCY

truancy  [ˈtruːənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRUANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Truancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRUANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

truancy

Truancy

Truancy is any intentional unauthorized or illegal absence from compulsory education. It is absences caused by students of their own free will, and usually does not refer to legitimate "excused" absences, such as ones related to medical conditions. Truancy is usually explicitly defined in the school's handbook of policies and procedures. Some children whose parents claim to homeschool have also been found truant in the United States. Another term for "truancy" is also "skipping class". Students who attend school but do not go to classes are considered cutting class. In some schools, truancy may result in not being able to graduate or to receive credit for class attended, until the time lost to truancy is made up through a combination of detention, fines, or summer school. Truancy is a frequent subject of popular culture; perhaps most famously Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which is entirely about the titular character's day of truancy in Chicago with his girlfriend and best friend. Truancy is also the title of a 2008 novel about a student uprising against a dictatorial educational system.

Definition of truancy in the English dictionary

The definition of truancy in the dictionary is the condition of being absent without leave, esp from school. Other definition of truancy is the condition of being absent from a normal occupation or activity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRUANCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
congruency
ˈkɒŋɡruːənsɪ
consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
consultancy
kənˈsʌltənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
dependency
dɪˈpɛndənsɪ
disfluency
dɪsˈfluːənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
fluency
ˈfluːənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
nonfluency
ˌnɒnˈfluːənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
residency
ˈrɛzɪdənsɪ
tendency
ˈtɛndənsɪ
transparency
trænsˈpærənsɪ
vacancy
ˈveɪkənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRUANCY

truancy officer
truant
truant officer
truanting
truantly
truantry
truantship
truce
truceless
truchman
Trucial Coast
Trucial Oman
Trucial Sheikhdoms
Trucial States
truck
truck driver
truck farm
truck farmer
truck farming

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRUANCY

accountancy
buoyancy
Clancy
conservancy
discrepancy
expectancy
fancy
infancy
job vacancy
life expectancy
malignancy
management consultancy
nancy
piquancy
Puy de Sancy
redundancy
relevancy
tenancy
the fancy
vibrancy

Synonyms and antonyms of truancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TRUANCY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «truancy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of truancy

Translation of «truancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRUANCY

Find out the translation of truancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of truancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «truancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

逃学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

absentismo escolar
570 millions of speakers

English

truancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कामचोरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التغيب عن المدرسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прогулы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

evasão escolar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্মস্থল হইতে পলায়ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

absentéisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

ponteng
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwänzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不登校
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무단 결석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Truancy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự nghi học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

truancy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धडकी भरवणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

okulu asma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assenze ingiustificate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wagary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прогули
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chiul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκασιαρχείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stokkiesdraaiery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skolk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skulking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of truancy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUANCY»

The term «truancy» is regularly used and occupies the 76.535 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUANCY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about truancy

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QUOTES WITH «TRUANCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word truancy.
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Richard Carmona
While my mother tried to stem my truancy, it would be a complete stranger - an Army Officer in the Special Forces home on leave - who would be the mentor to drive home my mother's goal of getting me educated. His name was Saul Hassan.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUANCY»

Discover the use of truancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to truancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Truancy
But Tack soon finds himself torn between his desire for vengeance and his growing sympathy for the Truants…. Isamu Fukui wrote Truancy during the summer of his fifteenth year.
Isamu Fukui, 2008
2
Truancy City
As a new threat arises from outside the walls of the City, the warring Truants and Educators must join forces or be destroyed. The fate of the City is determined at last in this long-awaited conclusion to the Truancy trilogy.
Isamu Fukui, 2012
3
Truancy: A Sociological Study
Study carried out in Dhemaji district, Assam.
George Mathew Parampukattil, 2006
4
Truancy Prevention and Intervention: A Practical Guide
This book, by well respected researchers and practitioners who have extensive experience with truancy, covers best practices in truancy at the community, school, and student/family levels of interventions.
Lynn Bye, Michelle E. Alvarez, Janet Haynes, 2010
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Tackling Truancy in Schools: A Practical Manual for Primary ...
In one school in the Midlands, for example, the school found that specific lesson truancy occurred most frequently from classes where the teachers themselves had a high rate of absenteeism. It is not unknown for the absence patterns of some ...
Ken Reid, 2003
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Truancy Origins
Fifteen years ago, the Mayor of the Education City was presented with an unwelcome surprise by his superiors: twin six-month-old boys.
Isamu Fukui, 2009
7
School Attendance and Truancy: Understanding and Managing ...
Title page is School attendance and truancy. Back and front cover is Issues in school attendance and truancy. Originally mooted as a Longman publication with an 0582 ISBN prefix.
Dennis O'Keeffe, Patricia Stoll, 1995
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Truancy revisited: students as school consumers
Re-frames the issue of school attendance (and truancy) as it poses key questions to students with important implications and answers.
Rita E. Guare, Bruce S. Cooper, 2003
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Truancy and Schools
Post-registration truancy, parental-condoned truancy and blanket truancy are the primary causes of concern to schools. They are also inter-related. None of these three conditions is exclusive of the others. The boundaries can frequently blur, ...
Ken Reid, 2002
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Truancy: Short and Long-term Solutions
Short and Long-term Solutions Ken Reid. The government therefore, introduced new laws making non-attendance an arrestable offence which will force parents and guardians of absentee pupils to face the courts. Despite this, many schools, ...
Ken Reid, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUANCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term truancy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
West Virginia governor launches truancy diversion program
A news release Wednesday said county boards of education can now apply for funding for a truancy diversion specialist to improve school attendance for at-risk ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
2
Schools, Courts Worry About New Truancy Law
"I was upset with myself, scared because I have to come to court," Swartz said after her five- minute truancy hearing, her second court appearance, to answer for ... «Texas Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Texas decriminalizing students' truancy
DALLAS (AP) — A long-standing Texas law that has sent about 100,000 students a year to criminal court — and some to jail — for missing school is off the ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
4
D.A. Seth Williams offers a tougher approach to truancy
To tackle the issue, Williams wants to get tougher on truancy by sending letters to families of students who rack up 10 or more unexcused absences - with the ... «Philly.com, Jun 15»
5
Students kicked out of school for truancy file complaint
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Disabled students say they were charged with truancy and funneled out of public schools, according to an official complaint they filed ... «KXAN.com, May 15»
6
House OKs decriminalizing truancy; bill similar to Senate's
Dan Huberty passed Friday and is similar to a bill decriminalizing truancy that already cleared the Senate. Current law charges students who miss 10 or more ... «KXAN.com, May 15»
7
In Texas, Questions About Prosecuting Truancy
Truancy there is treated as a criminal offense, a class C misdemeanor. In 2013, school districts in the state filed 115,000 truancy cases. The problem is so big, ... «NPR, Apr 15»
8
Senate Moves to Decriminalize School Truancy
Texas is one of only two states—the other is Wyoming—that employ the criminal justice system to punish truancy. The Texas Education Code, the body of law ... «The Texas Observer, Apr 15»
9
Justice Department scrutinizes Dallas County truancy courts
Federal investigators said Tuesday that they are checking whether Dallas County and its truancy courts have been too rough on students who skip school. «Dallas Morning News, Mar 15»
10
House bill on chronic truancy would cut cash assistance
LANSING – Chronically truant students could cause a family to lose cash assistance benefits from the state under a bill passed in the House of Representatives ... «Detroit Free Press, Mar 15»

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