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Presence at function about two hours before midnight?
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attendance
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) [syn: attending ] [ant: nonattendance ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE average ▪ The average attendance at the Grammar School in the six years to 1881 was 138, but in 1882-86,78. ▪ But so far, the average paid attendance has been only 66 percent, a projected $ 800, 000 shortfall. ▪ ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Attendance \At*tend"ance\, n. [OE. attendance, OF. atendance, fr. atendre, F. attendre. See Attend , v. t.] Attention; regard; careful application. [Obs.] Till I come, give attendance to reading. --1 Tim. iv. 13. The act of attending; state of being in ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "act of attending to one's duties," from Old French atendance "attention, wait, hope, expectation," from atendant , present participle of atendre (see attend ). Meaning "action of waiting on someone" dates from late 14c. (to dance attendance ...
Usage examples of attendance.
I removed all the ants from a group of about a dozen aphides on a dock-plant, and prevented their attendance during several hours.
She stopped abruptly, a habit arising from a natural fear which possessed her when in attendance on the Archdeacon and his clerical visitors that she might be talking too much.
Captain Argot asking his soldiers why the orken were not in attendance.
He briefly outlined the highlights of the arraignment, concluding with his surprise that Glitsky had not been in attendance.
I saw Asteria, standing in attendance behind Clearchus, shrink back behind the slave girl next to her, seeking to avoid his piercing gaze.
Her oddity, her awkwardness, and her self-conceit gave me the desire to know her better, and I began to dance attendance upon her.
Next Tuesday at day-break I began to dance attendance at the corner of the Rue des Prouveres, and waited there till the servant came out to take down the shutters.
I was vexed to see how these gentlemen were admitted while I danced attendance, and the project of sailing with Orloff began to displease me.
In Europe, that overage was reduced to ten, which probably accounted for the poor attendance on the part of the interior design population at the larger European shows like Grosvenor House and the Biennale in Paris.
It soon transpired that medical advice was to be had, gratis, at the Bijou, from eight till ten: and there was generally a good attendance.
Boots, who might have taken up two chairs, was not in attendance, but Blok sat with a group of his dinner guests.
Ruark was to be the only bondsman in attendance, a few of the senior overseers had been invited.
Kheda realised that Caid had only his personal slave and a few servants in attendance.
The ministers in attendance on him were the san-pan scows that did the ferrying of cargoes to and from the master chuan vessel, and ran the lesser errands in shallower waters.
Also in attendance was the local Roman Catholic primate, a foreigner named Father Simony, and a wizened, breech-clouted little witch doctor of the King Buzzard cult, Don Curandero Brujo.