attendee

noun

at·​tend·​ee ə-ˌten-ˈdē How to pronounce attendee (audio)
ˌa-
: a person who is present on a given occasion or at a given place
attendees at a convention

Examples of attendee in a Sentence

There were 300 attendees at the conference.
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At the luncheon, attendees looked back at city decisions to replace Stapleton with DIA, which opened in 1995 with a capacity of handling 50 million passengers. Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025 Offerings include keynote addresses, panel conversations, roundtable discussions, and workshops, as well as a dedicated space within Spring Studios to use for networking with other attendees. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025 While the main objective of the address was for Trump to lay out his plans for the next four years, guests and attendees used it as a platform to make a fashion statement or, in case of the Democrats, register their protest. Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025 Other attendees used accessories – of sorts – to relay their disapproval of some of Trump’s views. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for attendee

Word History

Etymology

see attend

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of attendee was in 1908

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“Attendee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attendee. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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