truant

«truant» in Mova's school dictionary: a pupil who stays away from school without permission — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (truants); adjective (a truant boy)

meaning for a pupil

1) A truant is a pupil who stays away from school without permission. tree →

2) (old use) A truant is an idler who wanders about and shirks his work. tree →

3) To play truant means to stay away from school on purpose. tree →

sense in the lessons

a child who skips school or a lazy wanderer in old tales; in lessons, the teacher marks a truant on the register; «play truant» is the phrase for skipping school

examples

• Tom played truant and spent the day at the beach. tree →
• The register showed two truants on Monday. tree →
• The old tale calls the boy a truant and a vagabond. tree →
• Though he had played truant so often, he still knew a few things. tree →
• My sister never plays truant; she loves school. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «truant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.