different between attendance vs existence

English

Alternative forms

• attendaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?n.d?ns/, enPR: ?-t?n'd?ns

Noun

attendance (countable and uncountable, plural attendances)

2. The state of attending; presence or waiting upon.

3. The count or list of individuals present for an event.

4. The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.

5. (obsolete) Attention paid to something; careful regard.

Derived terms

• attendance allowance
• attendance check
• attendance order
• attendance record
• attendance sheet
• attendance slip
• dance attendance
• nonattendance
• reattendance
• turnstile attendance

Translations

See also

• bums in seats

English

Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Morphologically exist +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??.?z?s.t?ns/, /??.?z?s.t?ns/

Noun

existence (countable and uncountable, plural existences)

1. The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.

   Synonym: presence
2. Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

Synonyms

• (state of being): See also Thesaurus:existence

Antonyms

• (state of being): nonexistence, nothingness; See also Thesaurus:inexistence

Derived terms

• nonexistence

Related terms

• exist
• aseity
• existential

Translations

Anagrams

• ectexines

Czech

Etymology

Latin sisto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???z?st?nt?s?]
• Rhymes: -?nts?

Noun

existence f

1. existence

Related terms

Further reading

• existence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• existence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.zis.t??s/
• Rhymes: -??s
• Homophone: existences
• Hyphenation: ex?is?tence

Noun

existence f (plural existences)

1. existence
2. life

   Synonym: vie

Related terms

• exister
• existentiel

Further reading

• “existence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).