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attendance
attendancethe act of attending; the number of persons present: The attendance was larger than ever before.
Not to be confused with:attendants – persons who are present, as an event or meeting: the attendants were mainly members of the club; escorts; companions; servantsat·ten·dance A0508900 (ə-tĕn′dəns)n.1. The act of attending.2. The persons or number of persons that are present.3. The frequency with which a person is present.attendance (əˈtɛndəns) n1. the act or state of attending2. the number of persons present: an attendance of 5000 at the festival. 3. obsolete attendants collectively; retinueat•tend•ance (əˈtɛn dəns)
n. 1. the act of attending. 2. the persons or number of persons present. [1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  attendance - the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)attendinggroup action - action taken by a group of peopleappearing, coming into court, appearance - formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an actionpresence - the act of being presentturnout - attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election); "the turnout for the rally"nonattendance - the failure to attend | | 2. | attendance - the frequency with which a person is present; "a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade"frequence, frequency, oftenness - the number of occurrences within a given time period; "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older" | | 3. | attendance - the number of people that are present; "attendance was up by 50 per cent"company - a social gathering of guests or companions; "the house was filled with company when I arrived" |
attendancenoun1. presence, being there, attending, appearance Her attendance at school was sporadic.2. turnout, audience, gate, congregation, house, crowd, throng, number present Some estimates put attendance at 60,000.in attendance here, there, present, near, available, ready, nearby, accounted for, to hand, at hand, in attendance Several fire engines were in attendance.Translationsattend (əˈtend) verb1. to go to or be present at. He attended the meeting; He will attend school till he is sixteen. 參加 参加2. (with to) to listen or give attention to. Attend carefully to what the teacher is saying! 傾聽或注意 倾听，留意 3. to deal with. I'll attend to that problem tomorrow. 處理 处理4. to look after; to help or serve. Two doctors attended her all through her illness; The queen was attended by four ladies. 照顧 照顾atˈtendance nounHis attendance (= the number of times he attends) at school is poor; Attendances (= the number of people attending) at the concerts went down after the price of tickets increased. 出席 出席atˈtendant noun a person employed to look after someone or something. a car-park attendant. 服務員 侍者in attendance in the position of helping or serving. There was no doctor in attendance at the road accident. 照料或服務 侍候，照料
attendance ends in -ance (not -ence). attendance
dance attendance (up)on (someone)To perform assiduously and obsequiously any task required or requested by someone. After earning his fortune, he now has servants constantly dancing attendance on him. He's always dancing attendance upon us so that we'll let him hang out with us.See also: attendance, dancebe in attendanceTo be present for something; to be at a particular event as it happens. Any of my students who are in attendance at tonight's lecture will get extra credit.See also: attendancetake attendanceTo review a list of people who are supposed to be in attendance and mark down who is actually present. Make sure you take attendance as soon as the bell rings, because it must be noted if a student is late.See also: attendance, taketake attendanceto make a record of persons attending something. The teacher took attendance before starting the class. I will take attendance each day.See also: attendance, takedance attendance onWait on attentively and obsequiously, obey someone's every wish or whim. For example, He expected his secretary to dance attendance on him so she quit her job. This expression alludes to the old custom of making a bride dance with every wedding guest. In the 1500s it was used first to mean "await" an audience with someone, but by about 1600 it had acquired its present meaning. Also see at someone's beck and call. See also: attendance, dance, ondance attendance on do your utmost to please someone by attending to all their needs or requests. The expression originally referred to someone waiting ‘kicking their heels’ until an important person summoned them or would see them. 1999 Shyama Perera I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet Tammy and I sat on a vinyl bench seat and watched the visiting flow while Jan disappeared to dance attendance on her mother. See also: attendance, dance, onbe in atˈtendance (formal) be present at a special event: Several heads of state were in attendance at the funeral.See also: attendancetake atˈtendance (American English) check who is present and who is not present at a place and mark this information on a list of names: The teacher took attendance at the beginning of every class.See also: attendance, takeˌdance atˈtendance on somebody (British English, formal) do a lot of small jobs in order to please somebody: She always has an assistant dancing attendance on her.See also: attendance, dance, on, somebody dance attendance on To attend to or try to please (someone) with eagerness or obsequiousness.See also: attendance, dance, ondance attendance on, toTo obey someone’s slightest whim or wish, to act as someone’s obsequious flunky. The term comes from the ancient custom of having the bride dance with every wedding guest, whether she wanted to or not. It has been used since the early sixteenth century, first in the sense of waiting for someone to grant an audience, as by John Skelton (Why Come Ye Not to Court? 1522), “And syr ye must daunce attendance . . . for my Lord’s Grace hath now no time nor space to speke with you as yet.” By Shakespeare’s time it had been extended to being at someone’s beck and call (“To dance attendance on their lordships’ pleasures,” HenryVIII, 5.2). It was a cliché by about 1700.See also: attendance, danceLegalSeeWitnessesattendance
Synonyms for attendancenoun presenceSynonyms- presence
- being there
- attending
- appearance
noun turnoutSynonyms- turnout
- audience
- gate
- congregation
- house
- crowd
- throng
- number present
phrase in attendanceSynonyms- here
- there
- present
- near
- available
- ready
- nearby
- accounted for
- to hand
- at hand
- in attendance
Synonyms for attendancenoun the act of being present (at a meeting or event etcSynonymsRelated Words- group action
- appearing
- coming into court
- appearance
- presence
- turnout
Antonymsnoun the frequency with which a person is presentRelated Words- frequence
- frequency
- oftenness
noun the number of people that are presentRelated Words |