School Attendance Terms

noun the action or state of being present at a place or event

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• The company requires all employees to maintain perfect attendance.
• If you skip too many classes, your attendance grade will suffer.
• I heard the party was lit, but I didn't go because I had terrible attendance at work.
• Her attendance at the charity event showed her commitment to the cause.

noun a person who is habitually late

adjective showing that someone is slow to act or late in doing something

• The employee was reprimanded for being tardy to work.
• Don't be tardy for the meeting, it's important.
• She's always running late, so we call her 'Tardy Tina'.
• His tardy response to the crisis only made the situation worse.

noun the act of staying away from school without permission

adjective relating to or characteristic of truancy

• Truancy is a serious issue that can have negative consequences on a student's academic performance.
• Skipping school is not cool, truancy can get you in trouble.
• Dude, don't be a truant, stay in school and graduate.
• His truancy from the meeting was noticeable, showing a lack of commitment to the team.

verb A verb is a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being. In this case, 'absents' is a verb that means to be away or not present.

• The employee's repeated absents from work led to disciplinary action.
• She's always making absents excuses for not coming to the party.
• He's been pulling absents from school all week.
• In his absents, the team struggled to make decisions without his leadership.