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truancy Definition

tru·ancy (tro̵̅o̅ən sē)

noun

  1. pl. -·cies the act or an instance of playing truant
  2. the state of being truant

truancy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • condone: These measures were seen as indirectly reducing condoned truancy.
  • bully: There isn't the bullying, truancy or negative behavior you can find at other schools.
  • tackle: The power is intended to operate within a joint local approach to tackling truancy.
  • combat: Strategies to tackle truancy: Choices Beliefs about the causes may influence the choice of strategies to combat truancy.
  • reduce: The aim was for the LEA to be directly involved with some schools to reduce truancy.
  • cut: They promised in 1998 to cut truancy by a third.

Adjective modifier

  • persistent: He states that in the case of persistent truancy, it is the system which is at fault, not the pupil.
  • primary: Primary post-registration truancy is almost non-existent for various reasons.

Modifies a noun

  • sweep: Over 900 truancy sweeps stopping more than 12,000 pupils in May alone.
  • patrol: This is the first time that truancy patrols have been used in Norfolk.
  • rate: Its truancy rate - at 2.8 % - is more than twice the national average of 1.2 % .
  • initiative: Bexley Council would ask all children and adults to support the truancy initiatives by giving the details required.
  • officer: His mother, Claire, assailed by truancy officers, begged him to go to school.
  • target: The truancy target has now been revised downwards having been missed.

Noun used with modifier

  • school: What about the Prime Minister's promise to cut school truancy by a third?
  • cut: Although education action zones have helped primary schools cut truancy, they have not had a significant impact on the secondary sector.
  • post-registration: Primary post-registration truancy is almost non-existent for various reasons.

Possessives

  • child: It is a serious problem; too many parents actively collude and are involved in their children's truancy.

Preposition: in

  • school: With regard to truancy in schools, we have improved investment in the education system.

Preposition: from

  • school: All absences related to anti-war demonstrations will therefore be recorded as truancy from school.

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