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attendance

[ uh-ten-duhns ]

noun

  1. the act of attending.
  2. the persons or number of persons present:

    an attendance of more than 300 veterans.



attendance

/ əˈtɛndəns /

noun

  1. the act or state of attending
  2. the number of persons present

    an attendance of 5000 at the festival

  3. obsolete.
    attendants collectively; retinue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • proat·tendance adjective
  • unat·tendance noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of attendance1

1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French. See attend, -ance
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. dance attendance, to be obsequious in one's attentions or service; attend constantly:

    He was given a larger office and several assistants to dance attendance on him.

More idioms and phrases containing attendance

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Example Sentences

In-person attendance was optional, but those who opted out had to still attend on Zoom and report absences to the coach.

Since stepping back from CEO duties, his public persona has been shaped by his book, celebrity friends including Sean Combs and even attendance at last year’s Burning Man festival.

From Fortune

Consequences of the pandemic on these industries could range from lowered attendance at film festivals and disruptions in film distribution to delayed or canceled movie releases and concert dates to curtailed on-location film shoots.

From Vox

Exactly how schools should take attendance for online learning has been a fraught question.

Guilford and Miami-Dade reported that in some weeks, over 90 percent of students logged on to classes, though average attendance trended lower.

Mallory, Skolnik, and Simmons were all in attendance Wednesday for the City Hall press conference.

In attendance was supermodel Elle Macpherson and king of pop Michael Jackson, who also performed.

Her attendance will bring in more parishioners and thus more money to fund church programs.

“You have a drink with Mitch McConnell,” he pleaded with all two thousand-plus in attendance.

Affordability (20%): Net price of attendance after deducting grants and scholarship aid (NCES).

Each evening Mr. Levi was in attendance, and this day, according to rule, she went down to the grand old dining-room.

I would be very much obliged to you to say if Mr. Halse is to pay me for my past attendance at St. Ives about the breakwater.

In 1811 the growing hostility of Russia required the attendance of the Prince of Eckmhl at the headquarters of his command.

Again the “Cavalry” were in attendance and escorted the party to the quarries and back.

Sir Richard Croft, a fashionable accoucheur of that time, was in attendance upon her with other physicians.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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