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# attendance

«attendance» in Mova's school dictionary: **being present at a place or event, like school** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (attendance, attendances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Attendance is being present at a place or event, like school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#m1)

2) The attendance is the number of people who came to an event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#m2)

3) In attendance means being there, especially to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#m3)

4) To dance attendance on someone means to fuss over them and try hard to please them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

At school attendance is recorded every day; good attendance means coming every day. In maths, attendance numbers at matches or concerts are added, compared and shown in graphs; attendance can be a percentage. Phrases: take attendance, attendance record, full attendance, in attendance.

### examples

- Our class had 100% attendance this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#x1)
- The teacher takes attendance every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#x2)
- The attendance at the match was 20,000. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#x3)
- Good attendance helps you learn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#x4)
- A nurse was in attendance at the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#x5)
- Attendance was low because of the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#x6)
- If 27 of 30 pupils came, attendance was 90%. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#x7)
- She got a certificate for perfect attendance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#x8)
- Everyone admired him, danced attendance upon him, petted and caressed him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/#x9)

### note

Spelling trap: "-ance", not "-ence". Verb: attend. Attendance percentage = pupils present ÷ pupils on roll × 100. Trap: "attendance" counts people who came, not people who were invited.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «attendance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attendance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.