attendances

Being there counts

Attendances is the plural of attendance, which is the act of being present at an event or place, or the number of people present.

The word usually appears in contexts involving records or counts: School attendances dropped during flu season.

The concert drew higher attendances than expected.

In British usage, attendances often refers to separate instances of showing up: He made several attendances at the clinic.

presence

roll call

Attendance-taking procedure

presence · absenteeism · punctuality · register · sign-in · check-in · participation · appearing · arrival · showing

events

crowds

Assembled multitudes

gate · capacity · sold-out · standing room · numbers · draws · showing · gatherings · viewership · footfall

frequency

regularity

Consistent, predictable occurrence

intermittent · daily · weekly · chronic absenteeism · truancy · streak · record · pattern · rate · history

institutional

school

Place of instruction

  • classGrouping by shared traits
  • workEffort toward a goal
  • churchPlace of Christian worship

court · mandatory · compulsory · required · excused · unexcused · policy · tracking · monitoring · records

Opposites
presence vs. absence

attendancesabsences

States of being away

no-shows · truancies · absenteeism · skips · missing

participation vs. non-participation

attendancesabsences

States of being away

boycotts · walkouts · withdrawals · dropouts · abstentions

Phrases
Family

attendance, nonattendance

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G