Definition of Attendance

1. Noun. The act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.).

Exact synonyms: Attending
Generic synonyms: Group Action
Specialized synonyms: Appearance, Appearing, Coming Into Court, Presence, Turnout
Derivative terms: Attend, Attendant
Antonyms: Nonattendance

2. Noun. The frequency with which a person is present. "A student's attendance is an important factor in her grade"
Generic synonyms: Frequence, Frequency, Oftenness
Derivative terms: Attendant

3. Noun. The number of people that are present. "Attendance was up by 50 per cent"
Generic synonyms: Company
Derivative terms: Attendant

Definition of Attendance

1. n. Attention; regard; careful application.

Definition of Attendance

1. Noun. The state of attending; presence. ¹

2. Noun. The count or list of individuals present for an event. ¹

3. Noun. The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Attendance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Attendance

attemperment
attempers
attempre
attempt
attemptable
attempted
attempted rape
attempter
attempters
attempting
attemptive
attempts
attenable
attend
attend to
attendance (current term)
attendance allowance
attendance check
attendances
attendancies
attendancy
attendant
attendants
attendaunce
attendaunt
attended
attendedness
attendee
attendees
attendement

Literary usage of Attendance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"The total attendance at the fifteen state universities in 1906-7 was 34770, or some 6000 more than the number of students in attendance at fifteen ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The sisters now number about 65, in charge of an academy, 2 boarding-schools for small boys, and several parish schools, with a total attendance of over ..."

3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1915)
"The following is the actual work in detail of an attendance officer in a New England manufacturing city. Its 150000 inhabitants represent thirty-seven ..."

4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Labor, United States Office of Education (1912)
"The average number belonging is found by the same process as the average attendance. 4. AVERAGE attendance.— The average daily attendance during the school ..."

5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1902)
"11 and 12, 1901; cost, $79.40; average daily attendance, 200 Officers elected ... $59; average daily attendance, 100. Officers elected for the ensuing year: ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"... entered the following order and judgment: [269] and in attendance upon the court, testified, in substance, that while in eaid attendance, ..."

7. Journal by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1854)
"6-8 COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW up a total attendance on the part of said child in said evening school of not less than six hours per week for a period of not ..."

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