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attendance

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noun

the act of attending.
the persons or number of persons present: an attendance of more than 300 veterans.

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RELATED WORDS

appearance, participation, presence, attending, draw, gross, gathering, assembly, crowd, house, company, congregation, audience, gate, turnout, public, assemblage

Nearby words

  1. attemper,
  2. attempt,
  3. attempted,
  4. attenborough,
  5. attend,
  6. attendance allowance,
  7. attendance centre,
  8. attendant,
  9. attendantly,
  10. attendee

Idioms

    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.

Origin of attendance

1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French. See attend, -ance
Related formspro·at·tend·ance, adjectiveun·at·tend·ance, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for attendance

attendance

noun

the act or state of attending
the number of persons presentan attendance of 5000 at the festival
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
Word Origin and History for attendance

attendance

n.

late 14c., "act of attending to one's duties," from Old French atendance "attention, wait, hope, expectation," from atendant, present participle of atendre (see attend). Meaning "action of waiting on someone" dates from late 14c. (to dance attendance on someone is from 1560s); that of "action of being present, presenting oneself" (originally with intent of taking a part) is from mid-15c. Meaning "number of persons present" is from 1835.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with attendance

attendance

see dance attendance on.

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