attendance

English

Alternative forms

• attendaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɛn.dəns/, enPR: ə-tĕn'dəns

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

attendance (countable and uncountable, plural attendances)

2. 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.
3. The persons or number of persons present.

   The class sat down so that the teacher could take attendance.
4. 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.

5. (obsolete) Attention paid to something; careful regard.

Derived terms

• attendance allowance
• attendance check
• attendance order
• attendance record
• attendance sheet
• attendance slip
• dance attendance
• in attendance
• nonattendance
• reattendance
• take attendance
• turnstile attendance

 

Translations

act of attending; state of being present

• Armenian: հաճախումներ (hačaxumner)
• Bulgarian: присъствие (bg) (prisǎstvie), посещение (bg) (poseštenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出席 (zh) (chūxí)

• Czech: účast (cs) f
• Finnish: läsnäolo (fi), osanotto (fi), osallistuminen (fi)
• French: présence (fr) f
• Georgian: დასწრება (dasc̣reba)
• German: Anwesenheit (de) f
• Greek: παρουσία (el) f (parousía)
• Irish: freastal
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• Italian: presenza (it), partecipazione (it)
• Japanese: 出席 (ja) (shusseki)
• Korean: 출석 (ko) (chulseok), 참석 (ko) (chamseok)
• Polish: obecność (pl)
• Portuguese: presença (pt) f
• Russian: посеще́ние (ru) n (poseščénije), прису́тствие (ru) n (prisútstvije) (presence)
• Scottish Gaelic: frithealadh m
• Spanish: asistencia (es) f, presencia (es) f
• Ukrainian: відвідування (vidviduvannja)
• Vietnamese: sự tham dự

persons present; their number

• Bulgarian: присъствие (bg) (prisǎstvie)
• Czech: docházka (cs) f
• Finnish: läsnäolijoiden määrä
• Greek: απουσίες (el) f pl (apousíes)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 出席 (ja) (shusseki)
• Korean: 출석 (ko) (chulseok)
• Portuguese: chamada (pt) f

frequency of one's presence

• Czech: docházka (cs) f
• Finnish: osanotto (fi), osallistuminen (fi)
• Georgian: დასწრება (dasc̣reba)
• Japanese: 出席 (ja) (shusseki)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 참가 (ko) (chamga), 참석 (ko) (chamseok)
• Polish: obecność (pl)
• Portuguese: assiduidade (pt) f
• Russian: посеща́емость (ru) f (poseščájemostʹ)

See also

• bums in seats