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attendee

American  
[uh-ten-dee, at-en-, uh-ten-dee] / ə tɛnˈdi, ˌæt ɛn-, əˈtɛn di /

noun

  1. a person who is present at a specific time or place.

    a conference with thousands of attendees.
attendee British  
/ əˌtɛnˈdiː /

noun

  1. a person who is present at a specified event

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Etymology

Origin of attendee

First recorded in 1935–40; attend + -ee

Example Sentences

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At the community forum, district leaders divided attendees into 18 groups to discuss what else could be done to improve the success of students most in need.

From Los Angeles Times

They said he was "fiercely proud of his Welsh roots", a fluent Welsh speaker alongside his siblings and a regular attendee of the Eisteddfod.

From BBC

At an event in France, he gave attendees “stock tokens” meant to represent a digital stake in AI company OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal

These hedges reportedly had to be taken down immediately, just as many of the A-list attendees were leaving the party.

From MarketWatch

In such cases, Smith told attendees at the town’s Oct.

From Los Angeles Times

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