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UK
/ɐtˈɛndəns/
]
[ US /əˈtɛndəns/ ]
[ US /əˈtɛndəns/ ]
NOUN
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the number of people that are present
attendance was up by 50 per cent -
the frequency with which a person is present
a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade - the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
How To Use attendance In A Sentence
- This is the lowest attendance for the first four days since 2007, when frequent rain interruptions hit the first week. Times, Sunday Times
- Nearly 40 parents were prosecuted for their child's non-attendance.
- You, young man,” she proceeded, addressing Roland Graeme, and at once softening the ironical sharpness of her manner into good-humoured raillery, “you, who are all our male attendance, from our Lord High Chamberlain down to our least galopin, follow us to prepare our court.” The Abbot
- His closest friends had no time for biblical Christianity, his church attendance lapsed, and his work became increasingly secular, including writing for the theatre.
- The tribunal has no legal power to compel his attendance. Times, Sunday Times
- Tickets for other Amalgamation matches should soon be available and it is hoped that more extensive advertising and a reduced number of contests at favoured venues will see a reverse in the dwindling attendances.
- Since then theatre and cinema owners claim that attendances have declined sharply. Times, Sunday Times
- The impact from the 2008 financial crisis did not affect us until 2009, but we are still trying to recover, mainly due to the high unemployment and stagnant economy," said Mr. Kagoshima, who wouldn't give total attendance figures. Bay Signs
- Today's attendance figures at those galleries and exhibitions would have astonished and thrilled curators in the 1960s.
- Come celebrate with the young artists in attendance as they inject fresh colour, life, scent, spirit, humour and unselfconscious whimsy into our art scene.