attendance

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attendance

  • /əˈtɛn.dəns/

Where it comes from

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

noun attendances · attendaunce

  1. countable, uncountable The act of attending; the state of being present; presence. Attendance at the meeting is required.
  2. countable, uncountable A tally or listing of the persons present. The class sat down so that the teacher could take attendance.
  3. countable, uncountable The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events. John's attendance for the conventions was not good.
  4. countable, obsolete, uncountable Attention paid to something; careful regard. The matter required his immediate attendance.
  5. countable, uncountable Maid service. "And what are you going to charge me?" There had come a kindly, almost a friendly note into his voice. "With attendance, mind! I shall expect you to give me attendance, and I need hardly ask if you can cook, Mrs. Bunting?"

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: attending, attendee, contribution, attended, involvement, participatory, participation, participant, assisting, assist, assistance, participate, involve, utilisation, use, help

Translations

Every language

noun act of attending; state of being present

Españolasistencia, presencia, acudimiento
한국어출석 chulseok, 참석 chamseok
日本語出席 shusseki
中文出席 chūxí
हिन्दीउपस्थिति upasthiti
Portuguêspresença
Françaisprésence
DeutschAnwesenheit
Italianopresenza, partecipazione
Ελληνικάπαρουσία parousía
Русскийпосеще́ние poseščénije, прису́тствие prisútstvije
Tiếng Việtsự tham dự

noun frequency of one's presence

한국어참가 chamga, 참석 chamseok
日本語出席 shusseki
हिन्दीउपस्थिति upasthiti
Portuguêsassiduidade
Русскийпосеща́емость poseščájemostʹ

noun persons present; their number

한국어출석 chulseok
日本語出席 shusseki
हिन्दीउपस्थित upasthit
Portuguêschamada
Ελληνικάαπουσίες apousíes

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"attendance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/attendance.

BibTeX
@misc{attendance_2026,
  title = {attendance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/attendance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}