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tardies

tardies is the plural of tardy.

tardies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tardy.

Meaning of tardy

Noun

tardy (plural tardies)

  1. (US) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
    • The teacher gave her a tardy because she did not come into the classroom until after the bell.
  2. (US) An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet.

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Questions about tardies

What is tardies the plural of?
Tardies is the plural of tardy.

Words near tardies in the dictionary

  1. tardface
  2. tardfaces
  3. tardidation
  4. tardied
  5. tardier
  6. tardies
  7. tardiest
  8. Tardif
  9. Tardiff
  10. Tardiffs
  11. Tardifs

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