attendance

attendance
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ good, large, record
▪

It was a record attendance for a midweek game.

▪ low, poor, sparse (esp. AmE), spotty (AmE)
▪ falling
▪

Despite falling attendances, the zoo will stay open.

▪ average
▪

The average attendance at sports events increased last year.

▪ daily, weekly
▪

Average daily school attendance was only 75%.

▪

Weekly attendance at a religious service was the norm.

▪ total
▪ constant, frequent, regular
▪

Regular attendance at lectures is important.

▪ compulsory, mandatory (esp. AmE)
▪ church, cinema (BrE), college, movie (AmE), school, etc.
VERB + ATTENDANCE
▪ boost, improve, increase
▪

Building a new stadium has boosted attendances by 40%.

ATTENDANCE + VERB
▪ decline, drop, fall, go down, plummet
▪

Attendances at the pool always fall in winter.

▪ go up, increase, soar
▪

Movie attendance soared during the war.

ATTENDANCE + NOUN
▪ figures, numbers (esp. AmE), rate, record
▪

Attendance figures were up this year.

PREPOSITION
▪ in attendance
▪

The ambulances were in attendance within 22 minutes.

▪ attendance at
▪

attendance at the meetings

PHRASES
▪ take attendance (AmE) (take the register in BrE)
▪

Mrs Sakamoto had finished taking attendance.


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