ATTENDANCE

attendance, attending

(noun) the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)

attendance

(noun) the number of people that are present; “attendance was up by 50 per cent”

attendance

(noun) the frequency with which a person is present; “a student’s attendance is an important factor in her grade”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

attendance (countable and uncountable, plural attendances)

The state of attending; presence or waiting upon.

The count or list of individuals present for an event.

The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.

(obsolete) Attention paid to something; careful regard.

Source: Wiktionary


At*tend"ance, n. Etym: [OE. attendance, OF. atendance, fr. atendre, F. attendre. See Attend, v. t.]

1. Attention; regard; careful application. [Obs.] Till I come, give attendance to reading. 1 Tim. iv. 13.

2. The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence. Constant attendance at church three times a day. Fielding.

3. Waiting for; expectation. [Obs.] Languishing attendance and expectation of death. Hooker.

4. The persons attending; a retinue; attendants. If your stray attendance by yet lodged. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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