Attendance and absence

1. to be present (at sth) to be at an event such as a meeting or a class присутствовать: The teacher keeps a daily record of who is present. | Among those present at the class were John and Peter.

2. to attend [ intransitive; transitive ] (1) to go to an event such as a meeting or a class посещать; присутствовать: All students were expected to attend. | I attended the classes / seminars / lectures for a month or two.

(2) to go regularly to a school, college, or university регулярно ходить в школу: First-year students receive all the financial aid needed in order to attend. | He attended college after military service.

3. attendance [ uncountable ] the fact of being present at an event, such as a meeting or a class, or of going regularly to school, college, or university посещение; посещаемость: compulsory / regular / average / poor / low / good / high attendance | The schools agreed to reduce the dropout rate and improve daily attendance.

attendance at sth: Attendance at lectures is compulsory. | It is a parent's responsibility to ensure children's regular attendance at school.

4. (attendance / class) register [ countable ] a book used to record whether a child is present at school журнал: If a child is absent, the teacher notes it down in the (class) register. | Teachers were reminded that school attendance registers were actually legal documents.

to call / take the register / roll to say the names of the students in a class, to check who is there делать перекличку; вызывать по списку: At 9 o'clock the teacher calls the register. | The teacher called the roll to see if any students were absent.

5. attendance record / figures / level information kept about someone's attendance данные посещаемости: If you look at his attendance record, you'll see that it is exceptional.

6. to miss | to be / stay away from | to be absent (from sth) [ transitive ] to fail to be present at an event, such as a meeting or a class, or to go to school, college, or university пропускать: I had to miss a week of school. | If you're absent more than five times, you fail the course. | He was absent from school without permission for three days.

7. to skip [ transitive ] (esp. AmE) to intentionally stay away from school or a class пропускать: He skipped chemistry class three times last month. | She's been skipping lessons all year.

8. to cut [ transitive ] (AmE) (informal) to intentionally stay away from school or a class пропускать: That's the second time you've cut class this week. | Your son has been cutting classes.

9. to truant | to play truant (from school) (BrE) | to skive (off) (school) (BrE) (informal) | to bunk off (school) (BrE) (informal) | to play hooky / hookey (AmE) to stay away from school without permission прогуливать: In his fourth year he was truanting regularly. | Parents often don't know their children are playing truant from school. | They skived (off) school / PE lessons to watch the football match. | It was a sunny day so they decided to bunk off school. | He played hooky again.

10. absence (from sth) [ uncountable; countable ] a period of time when someone is not at school, college, or university when they should be отсутствие; неявка: We are concerned about your child's frequent absences. | She has had repeated absences from school this year.

to authorize an absence to give official permission for a person's absence

an authorized absence отсутствие / пропуск по уважительной причине