{
    "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’."
}