attendance

Noun
Synonyms: attending

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)Synonyms: attending
  2. the frequency with which a person is present“a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade”
  3. the number of people that are present“attendance was up by 50 per cent”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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

1.Attention; regard; careful application. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Till I come, give attendance to reading.— 1 Tim. iv. 13.[1913 Webster]

2.The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence. [1913 Webster]

Constant attendance at church three times a day.— Fielding.[1913 Webster]

3.Waiting for; expectation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Languishing attendance and expectation of death.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]

4.The persons attending; a retinue; attendants. [1913 Webster]

If your stray attendance by yet lodged.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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