: 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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The attendees also peppered Talarico with questions about voter ID and the national debt. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026 Street Fighter held its premiere in Los Angeles on Monday and Paramount also held a series of screenings this week, and allowed attendees to post brief social media reactions to the movie. — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 In an equally bizarre countermove Tuesday, LAHSA expanded its Zoom capacity to 10,000 attendees but just over 300 voters registered online. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 The figures classify overseas attendees as those who are not Singaporean nationals. — Jenny Lee,matthew Tan, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 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 15 Oct. 2026.

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