How to pronounce “attendance”
Say “attendance” in 3 beats
attendance
/əˈtɛndəns/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɐtɛndəns/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- əə
- tɛntɛnstress
- dənsdəns
- IPA (American)
- /əˈtɛndəns/
- IPA (British)
- /ɐtɛndəns/
- Respelling
- uh-TEN-duhns
- Syllables
- 3 — ə-TƐN-dəns
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: ə-TƐN-dəns. “tɛn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/əˈtɛndəns/
/ɐtɛndəns/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “attendance” means
- noun
the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
- noun
the frequency with which a person is present
“a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade”
- noun
the number of people that are present
“attendance was up by 50 per cent”
Say it in a sentence
“Attendance improved once the class moved to the evening.”“attendance”, answered
How do you pronounce “attendance”?
“attendance” is pronounced /əˈtɛndəns/ (uh-TEN-duhns) in American English and /ɐtɛndəns/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “tɛn”. Build it as ə-TƐN-dəns, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “attendance” have?
3: ə · tɛn · dəns. The beat lands on the second, “tɛn”.
Is “attendance” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /əˈtɛndəns/ (uh-TEN-duhns); British English says /ɐtɛndəns/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “attendance” mean?
As a noun: the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) For example: “Attendance improved once the class moved to the evening.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “attendance”?
Stress the second syllable: ə-TƐN-dəns. “tɛn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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