the act or state of attending the number of persons present
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
at•tend•ance /əˈtɛndəns/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- the act of attending:[uncountable]Regular attendance in class counts toward your grade.
- the number of persons present:[countable* singular]a big attendance at last night's game.
- in attendance:
- present:How many people were in attendance?
- able to look after or care for someone:A doctor was in attendance.
at•tend•ance
(ə ten′dəns),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of attending.
- the persons or number of persons present:an attendance of more than 300 veterans.
- 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.
- Anglo-French, Middle French. See attend, -ance
- Middle English 1325–75
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'attendance' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Orthodox Jew
- Roland
- Vigil Mass
- apparition
- attendance officer
- attendant
- audience
- call
- classbook
- courtier
- crowd
- cut
- daily
- dance
- declare
- gentlewoman
- grand council fire
- heart-to-heart
- homeroom
- hour
- lady-in-waiting
- lord-in-waiting
- monitor
- no-host
- nonattendance
- nose
- nosocomial
- nurse
- ordinary
- page
- paladin
- pinnace
- presence
- pulpit
- report card
- reprimand
- resident
- retinue
- roll book
- roll call
- roll up
- school age
- school year
- self-study
- skip
- tendance
- therapy
- truant officer
- unattended
- waiting