attend
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verb
verb: attend; 3rd person present: attends; past tense: attended; past participle: attended; gerund or present participle: attending
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1.be present at (an event, meeting, or function).“the whole sales force attended the conference”
synonyms: be present at, be at, be there at, sit in on, take part in; More antonyms: miss -
go regularly to (a school, church, or clinic).“all children are required to attend school”
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2.deal with.“he muttered that he had business to attend to”
synonyms: deal with, cope with, see to, address, manage, organize, orchestrate, make arrangements for, sort out, handle, take care of, take charge of, take responsibility for, take in hand, take forward, take up, undertake, tackle, give one’s attention to, apply oneself to “their father attended to the boy’s education”antonyms: neglect -
give practical help and care to; look after.“the severely wounded had two medics to attend to their wounds”
synonyms: care for, look after, take care of, minister to, administer to, keep an eye on, see to;More -
pay attention to.“Alice hadn’t attended to a word of his sermon”
synonyms: pay attention, pay heed, be attentive, listen, lend an ear; More antonyms: disregard, ignore
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3.escort and wait on (a member of royalty or other important person).“Her Royal Highness was attended by Mrs Jane Stevens”
synonyms: escort, accompany, guard, chaperone, squire, convoy, guide, lead, conduct, usher, shepherd, follow, shadow; More -
4.occur with or as a result of.“people feared that the switch to a peacetime economy would be attended by a severe slump”
synonyms: be accompanied by, be associated with, be connected with, be linked with, go hand in hand with; More
Origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘apply one’s mind or energies to’): from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’.
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