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{
"term": "attendance",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the act of being present at a place, for example at school",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Attendance at these lectures is not compulsory."
},
{
"text": "Teachers must keep a record of students' attendances."
}
],
"topics": ["Working life", "Education"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "large", "record"],
"verb + attendance": ["boost", "improve", "increase"],
"attendance + verb": ["decline", "drop", "fall"],
"attendance + noun": ["figures", "numbers", "rate"],
"preposition": ["in attendance", "attendance at"],
"phrases": ["take attendance"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the number of people present at an organized event",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**high/low/falling/poor attendances**"
},
{
"text": "There was an attendance of 42 at the meeting."
},
{
"text": "Cinema attendances have risen again recently."
},
{
"text": "The average attendance at matches increased last year."
},
{
"text": "It was a record attendance for a midweek game."
},
{
"text": "Despite falling attendances, the zoo will stay open."
},
{
"text": "Building a new stadium has boosted attendances by 40%."
},
{
"text": "Attendances at the pool always fall in winter."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "large", "record"],
"verb + attendance": ["boost", "improve", "increase"],
"attendance + verb": ["decline", "drop", "fall"],
"attendance + noun": ["figures", "numbers", "rate"],
"preposition": ["in attendance", "attendance at"],
"phrases": ["take attendance"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be present at a special event",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Several heads of state were in attendance at the funeral."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be with or near somebody in order to help them if necessary",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He always has at least two bodyguards in attendance."
},
{
"text": "The ambulances were in attendance within 22 minutes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be with somebody and do things to help and please them",
"labels": "(British English, formal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to check who is present and who is not present at a place and to mark this information on a list of names",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Mrs Sakamoto had finished taking attendance."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtendəns/",
"audio": "at/attendance/attendance__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtendəns/",
"audio": "at/attendance/attendance__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, from atendre ‘give one's attention to’, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’."
}