attending
About 10.10 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant.
- adjective Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
- adjective Attendant, concomitant.
- noun A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
She's an attending in gastroenterology at Mass General.
- verb present participle and gerund of attend
Similar words
attendance helpful ministering ministrant attention present in attendance going attendee involvement
Often followed by
the to a school physician it college an this
Word family
attendings
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