attendee
pronunciation
How to pronounce attendee in British English:
UK [ˌætenˈdi:]
How to pronounce attendee in American English:
US [əˌtɛnˈdi, ˌætɛn-]
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- Noun:
- a person who participates in a meeting
Word Origin
- attendee (n.)
- "one who attends" (something), 1961, from attend + -ee. Attender is older (mid-15c.) but had senses "one who waits upon" and "one who gives heed."
Example
- 1. Each attendee is either a chicken or a pig .
- 2. Folios will be prepared for each attendee and left by their namecards on the conference table .
- 3. This attendee has tentatively accepted the meeting .
- 4. One attendee said she was scared that the possibility could be dehumanizing , but schmidt replied by holding up his cell phone into the air .
- 5. Although I was listed as an attendee , I have to dissociate myself from the views expressed .