EGAVE

attend

About 18.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone). To wait on (someone or their instructions) as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (specifically of a gentleman-in-waiting or lady-in-waiting to a member of royalty), to accompany (someone) in order to assist or wait upon them; to escort. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    Servants attend the king day and night.
  2. verb To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone).
  3. verb To wait on (someone or their instructions) as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (specifically of a gentleman-in-waiting or lady-in-waiting to a member of royalty), to accompany (someone) in order to assist or wait upon them; to escort. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    Servants attend the king day and night.
  4. verb To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place).
    Children must attend primary school.
  5. verb To take action with respect to (someone, or something such as a concern, problem, or task); to deal with, to handle.
  6. verb Of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent to or present with (someone or something); to accompany.
    a measure attended with ill effects
  7. verb To look after (someone or something); to tend.
  8. verb Followed by to: to look after someone or something.
    Valets attend to their employers’ wardrobes.

Similar words

give ear pay attention pay heed take care attend to see assist look advert go to

Often followed by

to the a school and church his at him

Word family

attend to attended attender attenders attending attends

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