attend
to be present at: to attend a lecture; to attend church.
to go with as a concomitant or result; accompany: Fever may attend a cold. Success attended her hard work.
to take care of; minister to; devote one's services to: The nurse attended the patient daily.
to wait upon; accompany as a companion or servant: The retainers attended their lord.
to take charge of; watch over; look after; tend; guard: to attend one's health.
to listen to; give heed to.
Archaic. to wait for; expect.
to take care or charge: to attend to a sick person.
to apply oneself: to attend to one's work.
to pay attention; listen or watch attentively; direct one's thought; pay heed: to attend to a speaker.
to be present: She is a member but does not attend regularly.
to be present and ready to give service; wait (usually followed by on or upon): to attend upon the Queen.
to follow; be consequent (usually followed by on or upon).
Obsolete. to wait.
Origin of attend
1synonym study For attend
Other words from attend
- at·tend·er, noun
- at·tend·ing·ly, adverb
- well-at·tend·ed, adjective
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How to use attend in a sentence
She attends hip-hop and belly dance classes (known as Arabic dance in Iran) just to shine more at parties.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread | IranWire | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAtefeh says the participants in the underground classes she attends are mainly young women.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread | IranWire | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore Sarah was born, a cop named Donald Rios was shot around the corner from the school she now attends.
So we have a graduate of Choate or Beverly Hills High who attends Wharton, and goes to work for, say, Goldman Sachs.
Her 19-year-old son, who attends an area university, is living elsewhere at the moment.
Ie leur promis d'ainsy le faire, et n'en attends que les moyens.
Mr. Forten is a gentleman of fine education, a pure, chaste poet, and attends to farming for the love of nature.
The agitation which, in a royal castle, always attends the hour of the king's rising, was beginning to show itself.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacHe also attends to all the large races, but he does little betting, because the Queen is opposed to gambling.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianWhen he who attends the synagogue regularly is prevented from being present, God asks for him.
British Dictionary definitions for attend
/ (əˈtɛnd) /
to be present at (an event, meeting, etc)
(when intr, foll by to) to give care; minister
(when intr, foll by to) to pay attention; listen
(tr; often passive) to accompany or follow: a high temperature attended by a severe cough
(intr; foll by on or upon) to follow as a consequence (of)
(intr foll by to) to devote one's time; apply oneself: to attend to the garden
(tr) to escort or accompany
(intr; foll by on or upon) to wait (on); serve; provide for the needs (of): to attend on a guest
(tr) archaic to wait for; expect
(intr) obsolete to delay
Origin of attend
1Derived forms of attend
- attender, noun
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