attendancenoun
uk/əˈten.dəns/us/əˈten.dəns/attendance noun (BEING PRESENT)
C1 [ U or C ] the fact of going somewhere such as a church, school, etc. regularly:
Attendance at lectures is compulsory.
C1 [ C or U ] the number of people who go to an event, meeting, etc.:
Attendances at church are falling.
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- As the course becomes more difficult, there's usually a corresponding drop in attendance.
- At last month's meeting, attendance was poor.
- Attendance at the meeting was rather thin.
- Ticket prices were lowered in an attempt to increase attendance at home games.
- He failed the course because of his poor record of attendance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Present
- all over somewhere idiom
- anywhere
- appearance
- attendant
- be in at the kill idiom
- bulk
- front
- immanent
- in the flesh idiom
- kick
- kick around
- kill
- knock
- presence
- present
- sit
- sit in
- sit through sth
- synchronic
- to sb's face idiom
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attendance noun (PROVIDING HELP)
in attendance
C2 present with someone and helping or taking care of them :
He never goes out without his security men in attendance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Present
- all over somewhere idiom
- anywhere
- appearance
- attendant
- be in at the kill idiom
- bulk
- front
- immanent
- in the flesh idiom
- kick
- kick around
- kill
- knock
- presence
- present
- sit
- sit in
- sit through sth
- synchronic
- to sb's face idiom
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