truant
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈtruːənt/
:
alumno ausente
- I'm fifteen, I don't want to be a truant.
- playing truant
I was out late in the evenings and I was kind of like playing truant a bit at school.
- I was out late in the evenings and I was kind of like playing truant a bit at school.
Examples
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He's been playing truant for three weeks?
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Laughing, we leaped over it and ran, two truants, down the last steps and out into the dark.
Fiction book (1997) -
Meanwhile, the first three play truant and run free, mostly to avoid being hit by this.
Blog text (6) -
Playing truant was fun when you got away with it.
Fiction book (1991) -
I was out late in the evenings and I was kind of like playing truant a bit at school.
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Playing truant again.
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There's a certain irony to my job, considering that I spent half my adolescence as a truant.
Fiction book (1991) -
After skipping class for a week, he was labeled a truant by his teachers.
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The school's efforts to reduce the number of truants have been largely successful this year.
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She decided to take the day off and be a truant, ignoring her homework.
Synonyms
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4.1
A person who is not present where they should be
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4.0
A person expected at an appointment who does not arrive and gives no notice
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9.9
A student who stays away from school without permission
A student who stays away from school without permission
A person who often misses school or work on purpose
A person who does not go to a meeting or event when expected
Antonyms
How Truant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Truant once meant a 'wandering beggar' in old French, a person who roamed the streets instead of working. So today a truant is a person, often a student, who 'stays away' from school or duty without permission.