attendance

B2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity
US /əˈtɛn.dəns/
noun Freq #11745

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The number of people present at an event.

    Attendance at the match was up by fifty per cent.

  2. 2
    noun

    The act of being present at a place or event.

    Attendance at the meeting is required for all staff.

  3. 3
    noun

    How regularly someone is present at school, work, or another activity.

    A student's attendance is an important factor in their grade.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · the act of being present at... attending
Word family
Forms attendances
Derived forms inattendancenon-attendancenonattendancereattendanceunattendanceunderattendance

Etymology

From Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”).

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