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attendance

/əˈtɛn.dəns/

attendance noun: the act of attending; the state of being present; presence.

Noun

attendance (countable and uncountable, plural attendances)

  1. The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.
    • Attendance at the meeting is required.
    • All those in attendance are to sign this slip.
  2. A tally or listing of the persons present.
    • The class sat down so that the teacher could take attendance.
    • The workshop […] was extremely successful with an attendance of more than 380 participants from government, the private sector and members of Trade Associations for Grains, Seed and Cocoa Federation.2021 May 10, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “Joint IPPC/ePhyto Industry Advisory Group workshop continues for Dominican Republic”, in ktvb.com, Food and Agriculture...
  3. 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. (obsolete) Attention paid to something; careful regard.
    • The matter required his immediate attendance.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 7
  5. 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?"1913, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger

attendance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

attendance in Hindi

act of attending; state of being present
उपस्थिति upasthiti
frequency of one's presence
उपस्थिति upasthiti
persons present; their number
उपस्थित upasthit

attendance in Tamil

வருகை, வந்திருக்கை

attendance in Marathi

act of attending; state of being present
हजेरी hajerī, उपस्थिती upasthitī
frequency of one's presence
हजेरी hajerī, उपस्थिती upasthitī
persons present; their number
हजेरी hajerī, उपस्थिती upasthitī

attendance in Urdu

حاضری, حضوری
More languagesFewer languages
attendance in Bengali
উপস্থিতি
attendance in Malayalam
ഹാജർ hājaṟ
attendance in Kannada
ಹಾಜರಿ hājari
attendance in Punjabi
ਹਾਜ਼ਰੀ
attendance in Gujarati
ઓળગ oḷag, હાજરી hājrī
attendance in Vietnamese
sự tham dự

Examples of attendance in a sentence

  • He was the only male in attendance at the boyband concert.
  • The interfaith service had Jews, Roman Catholics and Lutherans all in attendance.
  • He didn’t graduate because he was chronically truant and didn’t have enough attendances to meet the requirement.

All 40 example sentences with attendance

Forms of attendance

pluralattendances
alternative formattendaunce

Plural of attendance: attendances

Origin of attendance

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

Words formed from attendance

Phrases with attendance

Questions about attendance

What does attendance mean?
Attendance means the act of attending; the state of being present; presence.
What is attendance in Hindi?
Attendance in Hindi is उपस्थिति (upasthiti), उपस्थित (upasthit). See Attendance meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is attendance?
Attendance is a noun.
How do you pronounce attendance?
Attendance is pronounced /əˈtɛn.dəns/.
What is the plural of attendance?
The plural of attendance is attendances.

Words near attendance in the dictionary

  1. attend
  2. attend to
  3. attend to one's knitting
  4. attend to one's own knitting
  5. attendable
  6. attendance
  7. attendance allowance
  8. attendance allowances
  9. attendances
  10. attendancies
  11. attendancy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: attendance (page history and authors); attendance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attendance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attendance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಹಾಜರಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); attendance (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ઓળગ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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