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attending

attending

1 2.5
Being present at a meeting or class
  • noun
  • /əˈtɛndɪŋ/
translation icon : asistencia
  • We have to learn how to build our own value and that is what I am doing with everyone who is attending the virtual retreat this weekend.

And between Peter and Helen, they hold the world record for attending Stanford events.

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Examples

  • And I also had the delight of attending a workshop performance of the piece in Brooklyn last summer.

    Harvard University

  • There will be a tangible benefit of attending this lecture, and it's not frisbees.

  • All right, thank you, everyone for attending this first look.

  • Thank you for attending this very special occasion.

  • How long are you going to be attending Hillsong College?

  • But then they retaliated against his wife, preventing her from attending the actual trial that took place in Danang.

    Human Rights Watch

  • Friend of mine while I was attending Rutgers Newark told me about this app called Vine.

  • Thank you for attending this very special occasion.

  • All right, thank you, everyone for attending this first look.

  • We have to learn how to build our own value and that is what I am doing with everyone who is attending the virtual retreat this weekend.

Synonyms

attendance
vsattending
101 2.0

Being present at a meeting, class, or event

is the single act of being present rather than a habitual state

Antonyms

absence
216 2.1

A lack of someone or something that should be there

How Often

attendance
101 2.0
attending
1 2.5
absence
216 2.1

Surface Forms

attending singular
attendings plural

Morphology

attending = attend (transparent) = attend + ing

Derived straightforwardly from the verb 'attend' with the productive gerund/participle '-ing', indicating the act of being present.

Etymology

Attending comes from the idea in the Latin parts ad- 'to' and tend 'stretch' — literally 'stretch toward' something, so it became used for going to or being present. That's why attending can mean being at a meeting or event.