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What is the term used for when someone says they'll show up to an event?

The closest word I can think of is RSVP.

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  • Strictly speaking, RSVP means a request to indicate whether one will attend or not. If you verbify it, it can either mean to request that response, or, if you want, to send that response. The response, however, can also be "nopes, I'm not coming", so it doesn't mean one will attend. I am aware that RSVP has been abused of late to mean something like "the response that indicates my presence", but that is a rather informal use that will even draw negative attention from those who do not consider themselves pedantic.
    – oerkelens
    Commented Aug 6, 2015 at 12:25

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This link confirmation of attendance confirms the term.

reply to RSVP is another.

RSVP is the request to reply/confirm, but I've seen "they sent back their RSVPs" which is decidedly informal though.

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  • These suggestions are quite formal and cannot be used casually in cases "... when someone says they'll show up to an event".
    – fileunderwater
    Commented Mar 24, 2015 at 10:05
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The term you're looking for, I suspect, is "estimated time of arrival" or "ETA," which refers to the approximate time when someone plans to show up at a specified event.

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  • Seems like this answer takes the when literally in "when someone says they'll show up to an event."
    – Yosef Baskin
    Commented Oct 25, 2022 at 20:49

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