attendance B2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /əˈtɛn.dəns/ See IPA manual Freq #11745 Meanings 1 noun The number of people present at an event. Attendance at the match was up by fifty per cent. 2 noun The act of being present at a place or event. Attendance at the meeting is required for all staff. 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 AI details From Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”). attendance Middle English atendance Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # attendance **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əˈtɛn.dəns/ **Frequency rank:** 11745 ## Meanings 1. The number of people present at an event. 2. The act of being present at a place or event. 3. How regularly someone is present at school, work, or another activity. ## Examples - Attendance at the match was up by fifty per cent. - Attendance at the meeting is required for all staff. - A student's attendance is an important factor in their grade. ## Derived Forms - inattendance - non-attendance - nonattendance - reattendance - unattendance - underattendance ## Roots and Affixes - Root: attendance - Root: atendance ## Etymology From Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”). ## AI Etymology Attendance comes from Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”). ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity markdown