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Antonyms for attendance

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : uh-ten-duh ns
Phonetic Transcription : əˈtɛn dəns

Definition of attendance

Origin :
  • 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 on someone is from 1560s); that of "action of being present, presenting oneself" (originally with intent of taking a part) is from mid-15c. Meaning "number of persons present" is from 1835.
  • noun being present
  • verb people present at event
Example sentences :
  • It was trusted often, was in attendance on the Emperor, and was fairly well paid.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Why, Nelly doesn't leave the house; I've stopped her attendance even at Barnard.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • When must our Sunday's rest and our attendance at church be sacrificed?
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Yet it's only the food and the cabins and the attendance they grumble about.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Everything was hired, and the mercenaries in attendance were profound strangers to me.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • It was that unless I could dress more in the mode he could dispense with my attendance.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • A smith was speedily in attendance, who riveted upon him a set of heavy irons.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Several of them were accordingly in attendance when he came.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
  • He kept a nurse in attendance, and had a physician call daily.
  • Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson
  • The gentlemen and ladies in attendance withdrew, and we were alone.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

Synonyms for attendance

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