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attendance
Noun
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If you are attending something, you are in attendance for that event.
Attendance at the meeting is required.
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Attendance is the total number of people at an event.
The total attendance for the soccer game was 70,564 people.
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The total number of times that someone has attended something is their attendance.
John's attendance record for work was not good.
at
Preposition
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Used to describe where something is, or when saying something's position
I am at home.
Let's meet at the pub!
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The time at which something happened or will happen
Breakfast is at 9 o'clock.
At 5pm we went home.
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Indicating something's state
At half price!
Water boils at high temperatures.
at
Symbol
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The @ symbol, used to replace at
support@microsoft.com is an email address.
Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
castle
Noun
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A castle is a large, strong building used to protect the people inside.
In the Middle Ages, castles were used to protect the king and queen.
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In chess, the castle is another name for the rook.
castle
Verb
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In chess, to castle is to take a turn that involves both the rook and the king moving at once.
I was going to win if he hadn't decided to castle.