Attendance vs Participate - What's the difference?
attendance | participate |
(senseid) The state of attending; presence.
The count or list of individuals present for an event.
The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.
To join in, to take part, to involve oneself ((in) something).
(obsolete) To share, share in (something).
* 1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , I:
(obsolete) To share (something) (with) others; to transfer (something) (to) or (unto) others.
* 1662 , Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World , II:
(obsolete) Acting in common; participating.
* 1608 , , I. i. 101:
As a noun attendance
is (the state of attending) The state of attending; presence.As a verb participate is
to join in, to take part, to involve oneself ({{term|in}} something).As an adjective participate is
acting in common; participating.attendance
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Alternative forms
* attendanceEtymology
From (etyl) atendance, fromNoun
(en noun)- Attendance at the meeting is required.
- The class sat down so that the teacher could take attendance .
- John's attendance for the conventions was not good.
See also
* bums in seatsparticipate
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Verb
(participat)- they seldome feed together, lest they might participate one anothers impurity: each has his owne cup [...].
- Make the Earth [...] turn round its own axis in twenty four hours, and towards the same point with all the other Spheres; and without participating this same motion to any other Planet or Star.
Adjective
(-)- And, mutually participate , did minister / Unto the appetite and affection common / Of the whole body.